People v. Hawkins CA4/2

Filed 11/15/22 P. v. Hawkins CA4/2 Opinion following transfer from Supreme Court NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, E074686

v. (Super.Ct.No. CR58553)

TRAVIS LEE HAWKINS, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. John D. Molloy, Judge.

Reversed.

Athena Shudde, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

Xavier Becerra and Rob Bonta, Attorneys General, Lance E. Winters, Chief

Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland and Charles C. Ragland, Senior Assistant

Attorneys General, and Eric A. Swenson, Allison V. Acosta, and Marvin E. Mizell,

Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

1

In 1997, petitioner Travis Lee Hawkins was convicted of first degree murder, on a

felony-murder theory, with felony-murder special circumstances. In 2019, he filed a

petition to vacate the murder conviction under Penal Code section 1172.6. 1 The trial

court denied the petition; it ruled that the felony-murder special circumstance findings