People v. Ford CA2/7

Filed 10/1/25 P. v. Ford CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B339372

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. NA057218) v.

GEORGE EDWARD FORD II,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, James D. Otto, Judge. Dismissed. George Edward Ford II, in pro. per.; Tonja R. Torres, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________________________

George Edward Ford II appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion for recall and resentencing under Penal Code

section 1172.1, subdivision (a)(1).1 We appointed counsel to represent Ford on appeal. After reviewing the record, counsel for Ford filed a brief pursuant to People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 that did not identify any arguable issues. After independently reviewing the record and the contentions raised in Ford’s supplemental brief, we have not identified any either. We dismiss the appeal as taken from a nonappealable order.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

We described the factual background of this case in Ford’s direct appeal. (See People v. Ford (Oct. 10, 2006, B184839) [nonpub. opn.] (Ford).) On May 18, 2003 theater employees Veasna Penh, Aronald Harper and Boroth Chim were closing the Pine Square Theater in Long Beach when Ford and his father2 entered the theater armed with guns and demanded money. Ford pressed a gun against Penh’s back and forced him to open the theater’s safe. Ford took $8,000 from the safe and left. On May 27, 2003 Jonathan Hill, manager of the Mann Theater in Tarzana, was in a back room of the theater when Ford, armed with a silver “revolver-style six shot,” pushed his way into the room and demanded Hill open the theater’s safe. Hill retrieved $2,000 from the theater’s several safes and gave the money to Ford as directed.