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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent, E061964
v. (Super.Ct.No. FSB043611)
LARRY KAMAL COLLINS, 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.
Jeanine G. Strong, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Defendant and appellant Larry Kamal Collins appeals after the trial court denied
his petition for resentencing under Penal Code1 section 1170.126, known as the Three
Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (Prop. 36, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 6, 2012)).
Defendant filed notice of appeal on September 23, 2014. We affirm.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Defendant was charged by amended information with two felony counts of
criminal threats (§ 422, counts 1-2), and two misdemeanor counts of making annoying
telephone calls (§ 653m, subd. (a), counts 3-4). It was also alleged that defendant had
two prior strike convictions (§§ 1170.12, subdS. (a)-(d), 667, subds. (b)-(i)) and two prior
serious felony convictions (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)). A jury found defendant guilty of one
count of attempted criminal threats, a lesser included offense of count 2 (§§ 664/422) and
one count of making annoying telephone calls (§ 653m, subd. (a), count 4). Defendant
admitted the two prior strike convictions and the prior serious felony convictions.
At the sentencing hearing on July 9, 2007, defendant brought a motion under
People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497, and a motion to reduce the
conviction on count 2 to a misdemeanor. The court denied both motions. The court then
sentenced defendant to a total of term of 35 years to life, with credit for time served. The
sentence consisted of 25 years to life on the attempted criminal threats conviction, plus
five years on each of the two prior serious felony enhancements. The court sentenced
1 All further statutory references will be to the Penal Code, unless otherwise
noted.
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defendant to serve a concurrent 365 days in county jail on count 4, with credit for time
served of 365 days.
On May 28, 2014, defendant filed a petition for resentencing under section
1170.126. The court denied the petition since defendant’s current conviction for
attempted criminal threats (§§ 664/422) was a serious felony, which made him ineligible
for resentencing. (§ 1170.126, subd. (e)(1).)
On September 23, 2014, defendant filed a notice of appeal. We affirm.
ANALYSIS
This court appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. 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 brief statement of
the facts, and identifying the following potential arguable issue: whether the court
properly determined that defendant was ineligible for resentencing under the Three
Strikes Reform Act.
Defendant was offered an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, which
he has not done.
Under People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, we have conducted an independent
review of the record and find no arguable issues.
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DISPOSITION
The judgment is affirmed.
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HOLLENHORST
J.
We concur:
RAMIREZ
P. J.
CODRINGTON
J.
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People v. Collins CA4/2
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