People v. Morrison CA4/3

FACTS

The facts which underly Morrison’s conviction are not at issue in this limited appeal. Suffice it to say, Morrison and a codefendant were convicted of murder plus other related charges. We modified the judgment as we affirmed the convictions in 2011. (People v. Barnett (July 28, 2011, G041416) [nonpub. opn.].) In that opinion we summarized the facts of the case: “A jury convicted Michael Barnett, Jr., of second degree murder and Sinque Morrison of first degree murder for the senseless shooting death of 11-year-old Mynisha Crenshaw . . . who died in a fusillade of bullets defendants

2 and their cohorts fired into the wrong apartment in a mistargeted, retaliatory gang strike.” (People v. Barnett, supra, G041416.) On April 17, 2023, Morrison filed a motion pursuant to Penal Code section 1465.9 asking the trial court to vacate the fines it had ordered him to pay when he was sentenced. On May 18, 2023, the court denied the motion. On June 16, 2023, Morrison filed a notice of appeal from that denial. On August 29, 2023, Morrison filed a letter in the trial court pursuant to People v. Fares (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 954, 959-960. On September 20, 2023, the trial court vacated the…