People v. Baca CA6

Filed 5/20/24 P. v. Baca CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE, H050920

(Monterey County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. CR14981)

v.

DAVID ALLEN BACA,

Defendant and Appellant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

We resolve this case by memorandum opinion pursuant to California Standards of Judicial Administration, Title 8, Standard 8.1. (See also People v. Garcia (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 847, 853–855.) Defendant was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a special circumstance murder committed in 1989 when he was 23 years old. According to the record, defendant confessed to killing his aunt and sexually assaulting her dead body. In 2023, defendant moved for a hearing under People…