People v. Taylor CA2/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE, B328563

Plaintiff and Respondent, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. v. GA103347-01

JUSTIN JAYLEN TAYLOR,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Daviann L. Mitchell, Judge. Affirmed.

A. William Bartz, Jr., under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. _________________________

Justin Jaylen Taylor appeals his conviction for first degree residential burglary. Taylor’s counsel has asked us independently to review the record under People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende). We affirm. In April 2018 the People charged Taylor, together with a co-defendant, with the attempted first degree burglary, person present, of one victim (count 1) and the first degree residential burglary of another victim (count 2). On March 5, 2019, Taylor entered into a plea agreement with the People. Taylor pleaded to the second count in exchange for three years of formal felony probation and 365 days in the county jail. As part of the plea deal, the People dismissed count 1. In July 2019, Taylor was arrested. Based on that new arrest, the court revoked Taylor’s probation. On August 6, 2019, Taylor admitted the probation violation in exchange for time served. In June 2020, Taylor was arrested again. The court again revoked Taylor’s probation based on the new arrest. On July 8, 2020, the court transferred Taylor’s probation case to the court handling his new case, MA079232. That case apparently went to trial in January 2023. A jury convicted Taylor on a number of felony counts, including three counts of kidnapping to commit robbery, home invasion robbery, first degree residential burglary/person present, conspiracy to commit first degree burglary, and attempted first degree residential burglary, as well as misdemeanor counts of child endangerment and battery on an elder. Taylor admitted his strike prior. The trial court sentenced Taylor to multiple life terms plus a determinate sentence of 27 years and four months.