People v. Coronado CA2/3

California Court of Appeal Jan 22, 2026 No. B345579Unpublished

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Holding. The court affirmed the denial of the defendant's third petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6, holding that the petition was meritless because it raised previously rejected claims, failed to identify changes in law, and improperly sought to relitigate trial errors.

Issues

Whether a successive petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6 is barred when it raises claims previously rejected on appeal.
Whether youth is a relevant factor in determining a prima facie case for relief under Penal Code section 1172.6.
Whether a Penal Code section 1172.6 petition may be used to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence or relitigate trial errors.
Whether a petitioner is entitled to postconviction discovery under section 1054.9 prior to the issuance of an order to show cause.

Disposition. Affirmed.

Quotations verified verbatim against the opinion

“youth is not a factor in determining whether a petitioner has made a prima facie case for relief under section 1172.6.”

“a section 1172.6 petition is not a vehicle to relitigate alleged trial errors.”

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE, B345579

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA283071) v.

JESUS ENRIQUE CORONADO,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mark Arnold, Judge. Affirmed. Jesus Coronado, in pro. per.; and Richard B. Lennon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. ________________________

In 2006, a jury convicted Jesus Coronado of second degree murder and found true a principal gun use allegation. Thereafter, Coronado petitioned for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6.1 The trial court denied the petition at the prima facie stage. Coronado appeals from the order denying his petition. His appellate counsel filed a brief under People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216, and Coronado filed a supplemental brief. After independently reviewing Coronado’s contentions, we reject them and affirm the order. BACKGROUND In 2004, Coronado and accomplices, all gang members, drove by Luis Valencia, who was standing in the street near his home. (People v. Coronado (Nov. 18, 2021, B308296 [nonpub. opn.].)2 Someone in the car shot Valencia, killing him. An information filed in 2005 charged Coronado with first degree murder and alleged that a principal used a gun. (§§ 187, subd. (a), 12022.53, subds. (b), (c), (d) & (e)(1).) A jury convicted him of second degree murder and found the principal gun use allegation true. According to an abstract of judgment, a court sentenced Coronado to a total term of 55 years in prison.

People v. Coronado CA2/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE, B345579

JESUS ENRIQUE CORONADO,

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