On Friday, Bernard’s attorney and a Contra Costa prosecutor argued the case in front of Judge Anita Santos, who is expected to issue a written ruling in coming days. In Bernard’s case, she convinced the victim that she was romantically interested in him while her boyfriend at the time committed the actual homicide, jurors found. MARTINEZ - A woman who was convicted of murder for plotting to rob a man of his winnings at the San Pablo Lytton Casino, whose co-defendant shot the victim, may be eligible for release under a change in state law prohibiting murder charges for people who lacked murderous intent.īrittany Bernard, 32, may be eligible for an overturned murder conviction under SB 1437, a 2019 law that says people cannot be convicted of murder for participation in another felony where a cohort kills someone.