Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. Trujillo
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 18, 2025No. 3:25-cv-03462Unknown
1Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 RICKY GODFREY, Case No. 25-cv-03462-AMO 8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 9 v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 10 DENNIS TRUJILLO, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 21 Defendants. 11 12 13 In 1993, Plaintiff Ricky Godfrey was convicted of murder and attempted robbery, and was 14 sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Godfrey spent 31 years incarcerated 15 before those convictions were vacated, and in 2023, he was resentenced to a term of 24 years. As 16 he had already served 31 years…
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