The California Supreme Court will review a criminal resentencing decision out of San Bernardino, the court announced April 26.
The court will review San Bernardino Superior Judge Cara Hutson’s decision not to resentence Damien Blocker. Blocker had been accused of a drive-by shooting at a party Aug. 23, 2015.
He pleaded no contest to attempted murder Oct. 29, 2018, and was sentenced to 20 years in state prison. On July 28, 2022, he asked to be resentenced under Penal Code Section 1172.6.
The law allows people convicted under the now-defunct natural and probable consequences doctrine to receive a lesser sentence. The natural and probable consequences doctrine used to establish
