People v. Mabon CA1/5

background. Instead, we refer our readers to our prior nonpublished opinions (People v. Mabon (Oct. 24, 2006, A109378) (Mabon I); People v. Mabon (May 19, 2021, A159361) (Mabon II)), which together provide this information.2 Briefly, in 2004 a jury convicted defendant, then 23 years old, of: (1) first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a); count 1) with an enhancement for personally and intentionally discharging a firearm causing death (Pen. Code, § 12022.53, subds. (c), (d)); (2) possession of a firearm by a felon (former Pen. Code, § 12021, subd. (a)(1); count 2); and (3) evading a police officer (Veh. Code, § 2900.2, subd. (a); count 4). Defendant was sentenced to 51 years 4 months to life in prison, comprised of an indeterminate term of 25 years to life on count 1 plus a consecutive 25-year term on the firearm enhancement, and consecutive determinate terms of eight months each for counts 2 and 4. This court affirmed the conviction in Mabon I after defendant appealed on instructional grounds. In 2019, the trial court purported to amend the abstract of judgment to correct certain sentencing errors, resulting in a reduced sentence of 50 years to life. After defendant…