Lopez

INTRODUCTION

In 1995, appellant Armondo Lopez assisted his codefendant in ambushing and shooting at a person. During the attack, an unintended victim was shot and killed. In 1996, a jury convicted appellant of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a);1 count 1) for the death of the unintended victim. For the shots fired at the intended victim, the jury convicted appellant of premeditated attempted murder (§§ 664/187, subd. (a); count 2). In both counts, the jury found true that a principal was armed with a firearm (§ 12022, subd. (a)(1)). For the murder, appellant was sentenced to prison for 25 years to life, with a consecutive one year for the firearm enhancement. For the attempted murder, appellant received a consecutive sentence of life with the possibility of parole. In 1998, we filed an unpublished opinion in which we affirmed appellant’s judgment.2 (People v. Lopez (Oct. 27, 1998, F026937).) In 2021, appellant filed a petition for resentencing, contending he could no longer be convicted of murder based on changes in the law. In 2023, the court conducted an evidentiary hearing, and it concluded that appellant was ineligible for relief. In denying the petition, the…