What is the effect of commuting a sentence of life without possibility of parole on a defendant convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, and 11 counts of deliberate and premeditated murder?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Figueroa, G058208 (Cal. App. 2020):

In 1990, a jury convicted defendant of conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of first degree murder, and 11 counts of deliberate and premeditated attempted murder. The trial court sentenced him to two consecutive terms of life without the possibility of parole on the murder counts, and a concurrent term of 25 years to life on the conspiracy count. Imposition of sentence on the attempted murder counts was stayed pending completion of his sentence on the murder counts. We affirmed defendant's conviction in a nonpublished opinion. (People v. Figueroa, et al. (June 30, 1992, G010268, G010371) [nonpub. opn.].) In 2018, defendant's sentences on the murder counts were commuted by the Governor from life without the possibility of parole to life with parole possibility.

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