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A newly enacted state law allowed a San Quentin State Prison inmate to walk free Friday after a Contra Costa County judge overturned his felony murder conviction.
During a 9 a.m. hearing Friday in a Martinez courtroom, Judge Laurel Brady resentenced Adnan Khan on his robbery conviction and vacated his murder conviction, said Scott Alonso, a spokesman for the Contra Costa County district attorney’s office.
Khan was convicted for helping plan and execute an Antioch robbery in 2003, when an accomplice fatally stabbed their would-be marijuana dealer. Khan said that he was unaware that a weapon would be used during the crime.
....SB1437, which went into effect Jan. 1, limits who can be convicted of murder to those who actually commit a killing. Prior to this year, California law allowed for people who participated in crimes that led to a death — even if they did not assist in the killing — to be convicted of murder.
Under the new law, prisoners like Khan are eligible for resentencing on a case-by-case basis. His release would be the first under the new law, said his attorney, Kate Chatfield.
San Quentin prison inmate first to be released under new CA murder law
Here is the text of the law:
Bill Text - SB-1437 Accomplice liability for felony murder.
Um..........no. What is going to be the criteria on the case by case basis?
During a 9 a.m. hearing Friday in a Martinez courtroom, Judge Laurel Brady resentenced Adnan Khan on his robbery conviction and vacated his murder conviction, said Scott Alonso, a spokesman for the Contra Costa County district attorney’s office.
Khan was convicted for helping plan and execute an Antioch robbery in 2003, when an accomplice fatally stabbed their would-be marijuana dealer. Khan said that he was unaware that a weapon would be used during the crime.
....SB1437, which went into effect Jan. 1, limits who can be convicted of murder to those who actually commit a killing. Prior to this year, California law allowed for people who participated in crimes that led to a death — even if they did not assist in the killing — to be convicted of murder.
Under the new law, prisoners like Khan are eligible for resentencing on a case-by-case basis. His release would be the first under the new law, said his attorney, Kate Chatfield.
San Quentin prison inmate first to be released under new CA murder law
Here is the text of the law:
Bill Text - SB-1437 Accomplice liability for felony murder.
Um..........no. What is going to be the criteria on the case by case basis?