People v. Wright CA2/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE, B336957 (Los Angeles County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. A383951)

v.

EDWARD JUDSON WRIGHT,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Laura F. Priver, Judge. Reversed and remanded.

Theresa Osterman Stevenson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Jason Tran and Taylor Nguyen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Defendant and appellant Edward Judson Wright (defendant) appeals an order denying his request for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.75.1 Defendant contends the stayed status of his section 667.5, subdivision (b), enhancements does not affect his entitlement to a full resentencing under section 1172.75. Based on the recently issued People v. Rhodius (2025) 17 Cal.5th 1050, we conclude defendant is entitled to a hearing at which he is resentenced under section 1172.75.

BACKGROUND The 1983 conviction In 1982, defendant and his brother were charged with one count of first degree murder (§ 187, subd. (a); count 1), four counts of robbery (§ 211; counts 2, 4–6), and one count of burglary (§ 459; count 3), with allegations against defendant that a principal was armed in the commission of the offenses (§ 12022, subd. (a)). The information was later amended to allege prison prior term enhancements against defendant (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). Following a court trial in 1983, defendant was found guilty of one count of first degree murder, three counts of robbery, and one count of burglary, with true findings that a principal was armed in the commission of the offenses and defendant had served a prior prison term. Defendant was sentenced to 25 years to life, with the possibility of parole, plus seven years. The court imposed and stayed a one-year term for a prison prior term enhancement. The judgment was affirmed on appeal. (People v.