People v. Oliver
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The plan for the 1990 robbery-burglary was for Grady to drive Adger and Oliver (age 23) to Jimenez’s house for a transaction involving cocaine valued at approximately $60,000. Adger indicated he intended to kill Jimenez if he was alone. During the robbery, Jiminez was shot and killed. In 1996, a jury convicted Oliver and Adger of first-degree murder with felony-murder special circumstances, robbery, burglary, and conspiracy to commit those crimes, finding true the three enhancements for being armed with a firearm with respect to Oliver and finding not true the three enhancements alleging Adger’s personal use of a firearm.
Oliver was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. In 2019, Oliver sought resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6. After the trial court determined that Oliver had made a prima facie showing of eligibility for resentencing, a hearing was held and the court denied the petition. After finding beyond a reasonable doubt that Oliver was a major participant in underlying crimes who acted with reckless indifference to human life, the court concluded that he could still be convicted of first-degree murder under current law and was therefore ineligible for resentencing. The court of appeal affirmed. There was adequate consideration of Oliver’s youth and substantial evidence that he was a major participant.
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