People v. Drayton

Filed 4/17/20 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT THE PEOPLE, H046928 (Monterey County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. CR16712D) v. JOHN LEWIS DRAYTON, Defendant and Appellant. Senate Bill No. 1437, which took effect on January 1, 2019, restricted the circumstances under which a person can be liable for felony murder. It also enacted Penal Code section 1170.95,1 which allows an individual who was previously convicted of felony murder to petition to have his or her murder conviction vacated and to be resentenced. In this…