In re Figueroa

**359 *676 *578 On appeal we affirmed petitioner's convictions and death penalty judgment. ( *579 People v. Benavides (2005) 35 Cal.4th 69 , 24 Cal.Rptr.3d 507 , 105 P.3d 1099 ( Benavides ).) In response to his petition for habeas corpus relief, we issued an order to show cause on his claims that his convictions were based on false evidence and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Respondent 1 now concedes that false evidence was introduced at trial and that petitioner's convictions of substantive sexual offenses, special-circumstance findings, and judgment of death must be vacated.…