People v. Loveless CA4/3

Filed 8/18/25 P. v. Loveless 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, G064705

v. (Super. Ct. No. FSB702707-1)

QUWONTE LOVELESS, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, Steve C. Malon, Judge. Affirmed. Rex Adam Williams, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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In 2012, a jury convicted defendant Quwonte Loveless of first degree murder, attempted murder, and assault with a firearm. The jury found true allegations that Loveless personally discharged a firearm. The trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of 50 years to life in prison. In 2023, Loveless filed a Penal Code section 1172.6 petition seeking to dismiss his murder and attempted murder convictions, and to be 1 resentenced. The trial court denied the petition at the prima facie stage. Loveless filed a notice of appeal. Appointed appellate counsel filed an opening brief raising no arguable issues. (See People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende).) Loveless has not filed a supplemental brief. In the interests of justice, this court has reviewed the record and found no arguable issues. (See People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216, 230 [“if the appellate court wishes, it may also exercise its discretion to conduct its own independent review of the record in the interest of justice”].) Thus, we affirm the order of the trial court.