- Criminal, murder resentencing under California Penal Code Section 1172.6 (formerly section 1170.95): Riverside Superior Judge John Molloy’s denial of a resentencing petition affirmed in case People v. Lewis (INF046479/E078509)
- Eric Lewis participated in a race riot at a private prison in 2003. He beat an inmate with a metal pipe or table leg, and the man, also attacked by others, died. A jury convicted Lewis of murder under the aiding and abetting murder theory, and sentenced to life in 2006. He petitioned for resentencing under Penal Code Section 1172.6. The law raised the burden to be found guilty of murder in specific situations. The trial court denied his petition, and he appealed. The Court of
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