Filed 8/25/14 P. v. Woods CA4/2
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent, E060372
v. (Super.Ct.No. FSB11007)
DAVID LEE WOODS, OPINION
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Michael A. Smith,
Judge. (Retired judge of the San Bernardino Super. Ct. assigned by the Chief Justice
pursuant to art. VI, §6 of the Cal. Const.) Affirmed.
Neil Auwarter, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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I
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
In 1999, a jury convicted defendant and appellant David Woods of carjacking
under Penal Code 1 section 215, subdivision (a); and second degree robbery under section
211. The jury also found that defendant personally used a firearm under section 12022.5,
subdivision (a), in the commission of both offenses. Additionally, the jury found true
two alleged prior felony strikes, and that these priors were serious felonies within the
meaning of section 667, subdivision (a). Furthermore, the jury found true one prior
prison term allegation under section 667.5, subdivision (b).
The court sentenced defendant to an indeterminate term of 27 years to life for the
carjacking conviction, plus a consecutive determinate term of 21 years for the personal
gun use, prior serious felony, and prior prison term allegations. The robbery sentence
was stayed under section 654.
On July 21, 2000, the trial court issued an amended abstract of judgment clarifying
that the firearm use sentence, as to the stayed offense of robbery, was also stayed; and
that a one year sentence had been imposed for the section 667, subdivision (b), prior
prison term enhancement.
On September 19, 2013, defendant filed an in propria persona petition for a
sentence reduction under Proposition 36 (§ 1170.126). The court denied the petition,
stating that defendant was ineligible for relief because robbery and carjacking are
1 All statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.
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“violent” felonies. Defendant filed another section 1170.126 petition on December 5,
2013. On December 13, 2013, the court treated the petition as a request for
reconsideration and denied it.
On January 6, 2014, defendant filed a timely notice of appeal from the denial of
his section 1170.126 petition.2
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ANALYSIS3
After defendant appealed, and upon his request, this court appointed counsel to
represent him. Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979)
25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 setting forth a statement of
the case, a summary of the facts, and potential arguable issues, and requesting this court
to undertake a review of the entire record.
We offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, but he
has not done so. Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, we
have conducted an independent review of the record and find no arguable issues.
2 The issue of whether a defendant may appeal the denial of a petition under
section 1170.126 is currently under review by the California Supreme Court in Teal v.
Superior Court(S211708), formerly 217 Cal.App.4th 308.
3 The facts surrounding defendant’s convictions from 1999 are not included
in the record. These facts, however, are not necessary as this appeal deals solely with the
trial court’s denial of defendant’s section 1170.126 petition.
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III
DISPOSITION
The judgment is affirmed.
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RICHLI
J.
We concur:
McKINSTER
Acting P. J.
MILLER
J.
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