People v. Silas CA1/1

Filed 3/27/24 P. v. Silas CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

A167178

v. SHELDON SILAS, (Contra Costa County Super. Ct. No. 05001407097) Defendant and Appellant.

Appellant Sheldon Silas was originally sentenced to life without the possibility of parole after a jury convicted him of two counts of murder and other crimes in connection with the 2012 killings of Christopher Zinn and Brieanna Dow. (People v. Silas (2021) 68 Cal.App.5th 1057, 1064–1066 (Silas I).) We reversed Silas’s and his co-defendants’ convictions due to a Batson/Wheeler1 error. (Id. at p. 1064.) On remand, Silas entered a no- contest plea to two counts of voluntary manslaughter and a firearm enhancement. In December 2022, the…