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The court denied review in People v. Letner, but Justice Kelli Evans recorded a dissenting vote. The Fifth District Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by a defendant sentenced to death challenging the denial of a petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6, a part of Senate Bill 1437, 2018 legislation that limited accomplice liability for murder.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took the rare action of vacating submission of two already argued cases and ordering supplemental briefing. Vacating submission in the cases — Taking Offense v. State of California and Los Angeles Police Protective League v. City of Los Angeles — means the 90-day clock for issuing opinions will be reset.