California Courts of Appeal, 2020

People v. Reyes CA4/3

People v. Reyes CA4/3
California Courts of Appeal · Decided September 9, 2020

People v. Reyes CA4/3

Opinion

Filed 9/9/20 P. v. Reyes CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, G058976 v. (Super. Ct. No. 07CF1113) FIDEL LUCAS REYES, OPINION Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Kimberly Menninger, Judge. Affirmed.

Susan S. Bauguess, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Respondent. * * * In 2009, a jury convicted defendant Fidel Lucas Ramirez of crimes involving sex offenses against more than one child. The trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of 30 years to life. On appeal, this court generally affirmed the judgment with minor corrections to the abstract of judgment. (See People v. Reyes (Jan. 27, 2011, G041773) [nonpub. opn.].)

In 2020, defendant filed a petition for resentencing claiming he was convicted of murder. (Pen. Code, § 1170.95.) The trial court summarily denied the petition because defendant was not convicted of murder.

Defendant filed an appeal. This court appointed counsel, who filed a brief setting forth the procedural facts. Counsel advised this court that no identifiable issues on appeal could be ascertained, but counsel raised one potential issue: whether the trial court had abused its discretion. (Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders); People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende).) Defendant filed a supplemental brief on his own behalf. Defendant did not address the merits of his appeal, but simply argued that he was entitled to Anders/Wende review.

We have conducted an independent review of the record and we have found no arguable issues that require briefing or argument. Accordingly, the order denying defendant’s petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.95 is affirmed.

MOORE, ACTING P. J.

WE CONCUR:

ARONSON, J.

IKOLA, J.

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