Legal Opinion
In re Bennett
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided September 5, 2018No. G055371PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAronson, J.
Petitioner Stephen Bennett is currently serving an indeterminate sentence of life without the possibility of parole following his conviction for first degree special circumstance murder while aiding and abetting a robbery. ( Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A) ; all undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.) On direct appeal in 2010 we rejected his sufficiency of the evidence claim, and affirmed his conviction in a nonpublished opinion. ( People v. Stephen Joseph Bennett (Nov. 15, 2010, G041372) 2010 WL 4597436 [nonpub. opn.].)
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