Filed 6/26/13 P. v. Singleton 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, E058287
v. (Super.Ct.No. FSB20937)
STEVEN P. SINGLETON, 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.
Leslie A. Rose, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Defendant Steven P. Singleton was convicted of first degree burglary and other
charges as a third striker in 2000. As discussed below, the trial court’s order is affirmed.
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PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On October 17, 2000, a jury convicted defendant of first degree burglary (Pen.
Code, § 459);1 grand theft (§ 487d); and unlawfully taking a vehicle (Veh. Code, §
10851). The trial court found that defendant had two strike priors, a serious felony prior,
and two prison priors. On December 12, 2000, the court denied defendant’s Romero2
motion and sentenced him to prison for 93 years to life.
On April 29, 2002, the trial court re-sentenced defendant after an appeal. The
court struck one of defendant’s five-year enhancements for being a repeat serious felony
offender (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)) and re-sentenced him to 88 years to life.
On February 20, 2013, defendant filed a pro per petition for resentencing under
section 1170.126. The court denied the petition on March 1, 2013 because defendant’s
current commitment offense for first degree burglary is a serious felony, which
disqualifies him from being treated as a second striker under section 1170.126,
subdivision (e)(1).) Defendant appealed from this decision.
Upon defendant’s 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 [87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493], setting forth a
1 All section references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.
2 People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497.
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statement of the case, a summary of the facts, and potential arguable issues3 and
requesting this court to conduct an independent review of the record.
We offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, and he
has done so. However, the handwritten brief did not address any appealable issues.
Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, we have
independently reviewed the record for potential error and find no arguable issues.
DISPOSITION
The trial court’s order is affirmed.
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RAMIREZ
P. J.
We concur:
HOLLENHORST
J.
MILLER
J.
3 Namely, whether the trial court erred when it denied defendant’s petition for
resentencing under section 1170.126.
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