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In re McDowell

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 26, 2020No. A157020Published

1Opinion of the Court

Filed 2/26/20 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FIVE In re DONALD WILLIAM MCDOWELL A157020 on Habeas Corpus. (Sonoma County Super. Ct. No. SCR33484) Donald McDowell and Tyson Hutchison planned and executed a burglary and an attempted armed robbery of a drug dealer. Hutchison shot and killed the drug dealer. Although he was not the actual killer, McDowell was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole after a jury convicted him of, among other things, first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd.…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. People v. ClarkCalifornia Supreme Court · 2016
  4. People v. ChunCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
  5. People v. BanksCalifornia Supreme Court · 2015

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