California Court of Appeal Mar 27, 2025 No. E083981AUnpublished
Filed 3/27/25 P. v. Steward CA4/2 Opinion after vacating prior opinion
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent, E083981
v. (Super.Ct.No. FSB041531)
GLENN LEE STEWARD, OPINION
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Harold T.
Wilson, Jr., Judge. Dismissed.
Glenn Lee Steward, in pro. per.; John F. Schuck, under appointment by the Court
of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Defendant and appellant Glenn Lee Steward filed a motion for resentencing
pursuant to Assembly Bill No. 124, Senate Bill No. 483, Assembly Bill No. 256, and
Senate Bill No. 81, which the court denied.
On appeal, counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Delgadillo
(2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo), setting forth a statement of facts, a statement of the
case, requesting that we independently review the record for error, and identifying one
potentially arguable issue: whether the court properly denied defendant’s motion.
This court offered defendant the opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief,
which he has done.1 Defendant contends his appellate counsel rendered prejudicial
ineffective assistance of counsel by filing a Delgadillo brief. We dismiss the appeal.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In October 2003, defendant and a cohort robbed at least eight victims at four
separate locations at gunpoint. After the last incident, police pursued the car in which
defendant and others were riding. After finding the vehicle abandoned, officers found
items taken from some of the robberies. In November 2003, defendant and a companion
robbed another victim at gunpoint at yet another location. (People v. Steward (Jun. 16,
2006, E037176) (Steward).)
1 Defendant originally failed to timely file a supplemental brief. We issued an opinion dismissing the appeal. Prior to that opinion becoming final, defendant submitted a motion requesting to file a late supplemental brief. We granted the request, vacated our opinion, and filed defendant’s supplemental brief.
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On November 3, 2004, a jury found defendant guilty of 10 counts of second
degree robbery (Pen. Code,2 § 211, counts 1-3 & 5-11) and one count of attempted
robbery (§§ 664, 211, count 4). The jury additionally found true allegations that
defendant used a firearm during six of the robberies and the attempted robbery
(§ 12022.53, subd. (b)), and that a principal was armed with a firearm during one of the
robberies (§ 12022, subd. (a)(1)). The court sentenced defendant to prison for 43 years.
(Steward, supra, E037176.)
Defendant appealed. This court affirmed the judgment. (Steward, supra,
E037176.)
On June 23, 2023, defendant filed a motion for resentencing pursuant to Assembly
Bill No. 124, Senate Bill No. 483, Assembly Bill No. 256, and Senate Bill No. 81. The
People filed opposition to defendant’s petition largely contending that since defendant’s
judgment had been final since 2006, he was ineligible for resentencing. At a hearing on
March 29, 2024, at which counsel represented defendant, the court denied defendant’s
motion.
II. DISCUSSION
Defendant contends his appellate counsel rendered prejudicial ineffective
assistance of counsel by filing a Delgadillo brief. Defendant maintains appellate counsel
should have argued that under Assembly Bill Nos. 600 and 620, the matter must be
reversed and remanded so that the court can determine whether one or both personal use
2 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code.
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of a firearm enhancements should be stricken. Defendant also appears to argue that the
trial court permitted the introduction of inadmissible evidence at trial, that the evidence
admitted at trial was insufficient to support his convictions in counts 1 and 2, that the trial
court improperly instructed the jury, and that the court erred in imposing its sentence. We
dismiss the appeal.
“Assembly Bill No. 600 ‘amended section 1172.1 to allow a trial court, on its own
motion, to recall a sentence and resentence a defendant when “applicable sentencing laws
at the time of the original sentencing are subsequently changed by new statutory authority
or case law.”’ [Citation.]” (People v. Rogers (2025) 108 Cal.App.5th 340, 353, fn. 10.)
Senate Bill No. 620 amended section 12022.53, subdivision (h) to provide that
“[t]he court may, in the interest of justice pursuant to Section 1385 and at the time of
sentencing, strike or dismiss an enhancement otherwise required to be imposed by this
section.” (People v. McDavid (2024) 15 Cal.5th 1015, 1024.)
Here, neither the court below nor this court have jurisdiction over the matter. “An
order denying a motion the court lacks jurisdiction to grant does not affect a defendant’s
substantial rights. [Citation.] Any appeal from such an order must be dismissed.
[Citation.]” (People v. Alexander (2020) 45 Cal.App.5th 341, 344 [Appeal from court
order denying defendant’s postconviction section 1385 motion to strike enhancements
must be dismissed]; People v. Cota (2023) 97 Cal.App.5th 318, 332 [“[S]ection 1172.75
does not authorize a defendant to seek resentencing on his or her own motion or
petition.”]; People v. Hodge (2024) 107 Cal.App.5th 985, 999 [“[T]he trial court’s
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decision denying [defendant’s] motion for relief under . . . [section 745] is not appealable
because the trial court lacked jurisdiction to provide the relief that [defendant]
requested.”].)
III. DISPOSITION
The appeal is dismissed.
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McKINSTER Acting P. J.
We concur:
FIELDS J.
MENETREZ J.
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AI Brief
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Holding. The court dismissed the appeal because the trial court lacked jurisdiction to grant the defendant's motion for resentencing, rendering the order denying the motion non-appealable.
Issues
Whether the trial court properly denied the defendant's motion for resentencing.
Whether appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance by filing a Delgadillo brief.
Whether the order denying the defendant's motion for resentencing is appealable.
Disposition. dismissed
Quotations verified verbatim against the opinion
“An order denying a motion the court lacks jurisdiction to grant does not affect a defendant’s substantial rights. [Citation.] Any appeal from such an order must be dismissed.”
“Here, neither the court below nor this court have jurisdiction over the matter.”