People v. Williams CA2/3

Filed 2/27/25 P. v. Williams CA2/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE, B336747

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA458774) v.

REGINALD WILLIAMS, JR.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lisa B. Lench, Judge. Affirmed. Richard Lennon and Tanya Dellaca, under appointments by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Reginald Williams, Jr. appeals from the trial court’s denial of his petition to resentence his 2019 voluntary manslaughter conviction under Penal Code section 1172.6.1 Pursuant to People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo), we independently review the record and Williams’s supplemental brief and affirm the order denying the petition. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On March 31, 2017, along with codefendants and fellow Fruit Town Brim gang members Qasim Knox, Devonta Willis, and Christopher Nicholson, Williams shot and killed Whitney Yorke, who was a member of the rival Rollin’ 30s Harlem Crips gang.2 On January 29, 2019, Williams entered into a plea agreement with the District Attorney. In accordance with that agreement, he pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter of Yorke (§ 192, subd. (a); count 29) and admitted to personally using a firearm in the commission of the offense (§ 12022.5, subd. (a)). He also admitted that the offense was committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(C)). Finally, Williams admitted a prior conviction under the Three Strikes law (§§ 667, subds. (b)–(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)–(e)) and as a prior serious felony conviction (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)).