People v. Studebaker CA4/3

Filed 8/7/25 P. v. Studebaker CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, G064479

v. (Super. Ct. No. 03WF2364)

CHAD RUSSELL STUDEBAKER, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from a postjudgment order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Andre Manssourian, Judge. Affirmed. Sylvia W. Beckham, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. * * *

In 2004, a jury found Chad Russell Studebaker guilty of attempted murder and other crimes. He was sentenced to six years, eight months, plus 15 years to life. In 2024, Studebaker filed a form petition for resentencing of his attempted murder convictions under Penal Code section 1172.6.1 The trial court denied the petition, concluding Studebaker had not made a prima facie case for resentencing relief. Studebaker appealed, and his appointed counsel filed a brief under the procedures outlined in People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo), stating no arguable issues could result in a disposition more favorable to Studebaker (id. at p. 232). Although Studebaker did not file a supplemental brief, we exercise our discretion to conduct an independent review of the record and appointed counsel’s brief. As discussed below, we find no reasonably arguable issue on appeal. We therefore affirm the postjudgment order. STATEMENT OF THE CASE I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND On March 12, 2004, the Orange County District Attorney filed an information against Studebaker only, charging him with the attempted murder, and various other crimes. The information also alleged various enhancements, including personal use of a deadly weapon and gang enhancements. The jury was instructed that to convict a defendant for attempted murder, it must find the defendant committed a direct but ineffective act