Filed 12/8/25 P. v. Lampe CA4/2
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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, E084828
v. (Super.Ct.No. FVI1102893)
TRACEY CHARLES LAMPE, OPINION
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Bryan K. Stodghill,
Judge. Reversed and remanded.
Jason L. Jones, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General,
Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Melissa Mandel and Tami Falkenstein
Hennick, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
1 Defendant and appellant Tracey Charles Lampe appeals from the trial court’s
denial of his request for a full resentencing hearing following this court’s remand for
resentencing after defendant’s direct appeal in People v. Lampe (June 9, 2023, E070676)
[nonpub. opn.] (Lampe I)). The People concede, and we agree, defendant was entitled to
resentencing under the full resentencing rule. (People v. Buycks (2018) 5 Cal.5th 857.)
We therefore reverse the trial court’s ruling and remand for a hearing at which the court
may reconsider defendant’s sentence in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
Except in one respect that we note below, the underlying background facts are not
relevant to defendant’s present appeal. Suffice to say, a jury in March 2018 convicted
defendant of: (1) first degree murder with an enhancement for personally and
intentionally discharging a firearm causing death (Pen. Code,1 §§ 187, subd. (a),
12022.53, subd. (d)); (2) kidnapping with a personal use firearm enhancement (§§ 207,
subd. (a), 12022.53, subd. (b)); and (3) assault with a deadly weapon with a firearm use
enhancement (§§ 245, subd. (a)(2), 12022.5, subds. (a) & (d)). The trial court sentenced
defendant to an indeterminate term of 50 years to life, to follow a determinate term of
20 years four months. The sentence was comprised of: 25 years to life for murder plus
25 years to life for the firearm enhancement plus 1 year (stayed) for the arming
enhancement; the upper term of 8 years for kidnapping plus 10 years for the gun
1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.
2 enhancement on that count; and 1 year for the assault with an additional 1 year 4 months
for that gun enhancement. (Lampe I, supra, E070676.)
On defendant’s direct appeal, a panel of this court rejected defendant’s and his co-
defendant’s challenges to their respective convictions and sentences, with one exception
relevant here. Specifically, Lampe I held that defendant was entitled to resentencing
under new legislation related to the upper term sentence imposed for his kidnapping
conviction. (Lampe I, supra, E070676.) Lampe I explained that under Senate Bill
No. 567 (2021-2022 Reg. Sess.), the middle term for such felony convictions was now
the presumptive term, absent aggravating factors found beyond a reasonable doubt. As a
result, Lampe I further explained that, “[o]n remand, the People ‘may elect to proceed
under the requirements of the newly-amended version of section 1170, subdivision (b),’
which would permit them to prove the existence of aggravating factors beyond a
reasonable doubt to a jury (unless [defendant] waives the right to a jury and agrees to
have the factors decided by the court beyond a reasonable doubt). [Citation.]
Alternatively, the People may ‘accept resentencing on the record as it stands.’ ”
(Lampe I, supra, E070676.)
On remand, the parties and the trial court discussed the scope of the court’s
resentencing authority. Defense counsel sought full resentencing, including “not just [on]
the kidnapping charge but the gun charge that went along with that.” Defense counsel
filed a motion before the hearing requesting that the court dismiss one or more of the
firearm enhancements in its discretion under section 1385. Defense counsel stated at the
hearing, however, that he believed remittitur in Lampe I limited the trial court to
3 resentencing defendant on the kidnapping count, i.e., “that which the remittitur instructs
you to do.”2 Defense counsel also believed a then-recent opinion from this court required
trial courts to eschew full resentencing on remand, limiting them to “only do that which
we instructed you to do on a remittitur.” Defense counsel alluded to a case (“Lopez”)
said to support this proposition, but did not cite it. The prosecutor agreed with defense
counsel. The prosecutor stated he believed the remand was “for one purpose and one
purpose only,” namely to resentence defendant solely on the kidnapping count. The
prosecutor agreed that “per the Lopez rule the Court should rule on that aspect and that
aspect alone” in resentencing defendant.
Accepting the attorneys’ representations, the court concluded it was “bound by
Lopez and the remittitur from the Court of Appeal[] to just address Count 2.” The court
concluded defendant’s conduct during the kidnapping, in which his attorney argued he
used his firearm “to protect the [kidnapping] victim from an attack from the co-
defendant,” warranted the low term on count 2. The court sentenced defendant to the 3-
year low term on the kidnapping count, but declined to reconsider any of the firearm
enhancements as defendant had requested. The court simply reimposed the 10-year term
for the “12022.53(B)” enhancement on that count, “so the total term for Count 2 is 13
years.”
2 The general remittitur in Lampe I had no express instructions, as is typical.
4 DISCUSSION
The parties agree on appeal, as do we, that reversal is required and defendant is
entitled to resentencing on each component of his sentence under the trial court’s full
discretion. As is well-established, “[T]he full resentencing rule allows a court to revisit
all prior sentencing decisions when resentencing a defendant.” (People v. Valenzuela
(2019) 7 Cal.5th 415, 424-425; accord, People v. Buycks, supra, 5 Cal.5th at p. 893.) In
fact, this court’s opinion in Lampe I cited to a then-published case by the name of Lopez
that faithfully articulated this rule. (See People v. Lopez (2022) 78 Cal.App.5th 459, 468-
469, disapproved on another ground in People v. Lynch (2024) 16 Cal.5th 730, 769.)
In contrast, it appears the Lopez case to which the attorneys were referring at the
hearing below was People v. Lopez (2023) 93 Cal.App.5th 1110, disapproved by People
v. Lopez (2025) 17 Cal.5th 388. That case involved a question of finality—in particular
finality for purposes of applying statutory amendments to the substantive elements of the
gang enhancement for active participation in a criminal street gang. (Lopez (2025) at
p. 396.) This Lopez did not involve resentencing (see ibid.), as here, nor is there any
dispute here, that defendant’s case is not yet final, and therefore the full resentencing rule
applies on remand. (See People v. Navarro (2007) 40 Cal.4th 668, 681 [remand order
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Filed 12/8/25 P. v. Lampe CA4/2
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, E084828
v. (Super.Ct.No. FVI1102893)
TRACEY CHARLES LAMPE, OPINION
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Bryan K. Stodghill,
Judge. Reversed and remanded.
Jason L. Jones, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General,
Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Melissa Mandel and Tami Falkenstein
Hennick, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
1 Defendant and appellant Tracey Charles Lampe appeals from the trial court’s
denial of his request for a full resentencing hearing following this court’s remand for
resentencing after defendant’s direct appeal in People v. Lampe (June 9, 2023, E070676)
[nonpub. opn.] (Lampe I)). The People concede, and we agree, defendant was entitled to
resentencing under the full resentencing rule. (People v. Buycks (2018) 5 Cal.5th 857.)
We therefore reverse the trial court’s ruling and remand for a hearing at which the court
may reconsider defendant’s sentence in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
Except in one respect that we note below, the underlying background facts are not
relevant to defendant’s present appeal. Suffice to say, a jury in March 2018 convicted
defendant of: (1) first degree murder with an enhancement for personally and
intentionally discharging a firearm causing death (Pen. Code,1 §§ 187, subd. (a),
12022.53, subd. (d)); (2) kidnapping with a personal use firearm enhancement (§§ 207,
subd. (a), 12022.53, subd. (b)); and (3) assault with a deadly weapon with a firearm use
enhancement (§§ 245, subd. (a)(2), 12022.5, subds. (a) & (d)). The trial court sentenced
defendant to an indeterminate term of 50 years to life, to follow a determinate term of
20 years four months. The sentence was comprised of: 25 years to life for murder plus
25 years to life for the firearm enhancement plus 1 year (stayed) for the arming
enhancement; the upper term of 8 years for kidnapping plus 10 years for the gun
1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.
2 enhancement on that count; and 1 year for the assault with an additional 1 year 4 months
for that gun enhancement. (Lampe I, supra, E070676.)
On defendant’s direct appeal, a panel of this court rejected defendant’s and his co-
defendant’s challenges to their respective convictions and sentences, with one exception
relevant here. Specifically, Lampe I held that defendant was entitled to resentencing
under new legislation related to the upper term sentence imposed for his kidnapping
conviction. (Lampe I, supra, E070676.) Lampe I explained that under Senate Bill
No. 567 (2021-2022 Reg. Sess.), the middle term for such felony convictions was now
the presumptive term, absent aggravating factors found beyond a reasonable doubt. As a
result, Lampe I further explained that, “[o]n remand, the People ‘may elect to proceed
under the requirements of the newly-amended version of section 1170, subdivision (b),’
which would permit them to prove the existence of aggravating factors beyond a
reasonable doubt to a jury (unless [defendant] waives the right to a jury and agrees to
have the factors decided by the court beyond a reasonable doubt). [Citation.]
Alternatively, the People may ‘accept resentencing on the record as it stands.’ ”
(Lampe I, supra, E070676.)
On remand, the parties and the trial court discussed the scope of the court’s
resentencing authority. Defense counsel sought full resentencing, including “not just [on]
the kidnapping charge but the gun charge that went along with that.” Defense counsel
filed a motion before the hearing requesting that the court dismiss one or more of the
firearm enhancements in its discretion under section 1385. Defense counsel stated at the
hearing, however, that he believed remittitur in Lampe I limited the trial court to
3 resentencing defendant on the kidnapping count, i.e., “that which the remittitur instructs
you to do.”2 Defense counsel also believed a then-recent opinion from this court required
trial courts to eschew full resentencing on remand, limiting them to “only do that which
we instructed you to do on a remittitur.” Defense counsel alluded to a case (“Lopez”)
said to support this proposition, but did not cite it. The prosecutor agreed with defense
counsel. The prosecutor stated he believed the remand was “for one purpose and one
purpose only,” namely to resentence defendant solely on the kidnapping count. The
prosecutor agreed that “per the Lopez rule the Court should rule on that aspect and that
aspect alone” in resentencing defendant.
Accepting the attorneys’ representations, the court concluded it was “bound by
Lopez and the remittitur from the Court of Appeal[] to just address Count 2.” The court
concluded defendant’s conduct during the kidnapping, in which his attorney argued he
used his firearm “to protect the [kidnapping] victim from an attack from the co-
defendant,” warranted the low term on count 2. The court sentenced defendant to the 3-
year low term on the kidnapping count, but declined to reconsider any of the firearm
enhancements as defendant had requested. The court simply reimposed the 10-year term
for the “12022.53(B)” enhancement on that count, “so the total term for Count 2 is 13
years.”
2 The general remittitur in Lampe I had no express instructions, as is typical.
4 DISCUSSION
The parties agree on appeal, as do we, that reversal is required and defendant is
entitled to resentencing on each component of his sentence under the trial court’s full
discretion. As is well-established, “[T]he full resentencing rule allows a court to revisit
all prior sentencing decisions when resentencing a defendant.” (People v. Valenzuela
(2019) 7 Cal.5th 415, 424-425; accord, People v. Buycks, supra, 5 Cal.5th at p. 893.) In
fact, this court’s opinion in Lampe I cited to a then-published case by the name of Lopez
that faithfully articulated this rule. (See People v. Lopez (2022) 78 Cal.App.5th 459, 468-
469, disapproved on another ground in People v. Lynch (2024) 16 Cal.5th 730, 769.)
In contrast, it appears the Lopez case to which the attorneys were referring at the
hearing below was People v. Lopez (2023) 93 Cal.App.5th 1110, disapproved by People
v. Lopez (2025) 17 Cal.5th 388. That case involved a question of finality—in particular
finality for purposes of applying statutory amendments to the substantive elements of the
gang enhancement for active participation in a criminal street gang. (Lopez (2025) at
p. 396.) This Lopez did not involve resentencing (see ibid.), as here, nor is there any
dispute here, that defendant’s case is not yet final, and therefore the full resentencing rule
applies on remand. (See People v. Navarro (2007) 40 Cal.4th 668, 681 [remand order
“for resentencing ‘on the modified convictions only’ ” invalid to preclude full
resentencing necessary to account for “changed circumstances” of modified conviction].)
Here, nothing in Lampe I purported to preclude full resentencing; it simply noted that if
the prosecutor elected to seek the upper term for the kidnapping count, readjudication of
any alleged aggravating circumstances would be necessary, to be proven beyond a
5 reasonable doubt. (Lampe I, supra, E070676.) In sum, nothing in Lampe I nor in the
Lopez case relied on at the hearing below precluded defendant’s full resentencing—which
now must take place on remand.
DISPOSITION
The trial court’s ruling denying defendant a full resentencing hearing is reversed.
The matter is remanded for the court to conduct a full resentencing in its sound
discretion. We express no opinion how that discretion should be exercised.
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MILLER J.
We concur:
McKINSTER Acting P. J.
FIELDS J.