People v. Clem CA2/5

Filed 10/21/25 P. v. Clem CA2/5 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 FIVE

THE PEOPLE, B337135

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. MA070295) v.

TERRILL KEITH CLEM,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lisa Strassner, Judge. Affirmed.

Gloria C. Cohen, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant

Attorney General, Noah P. Hill and Deepti Vaadyala, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

****** In 2017, Terrill Keith Clem (defendant) pled no contest to two counts of second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211)1 and was sentenced to serve 17 years in state prison. In 2024, the trial court conducted a full resentencing pursuant to section 1172.75,2 struck a one-year prior prison term enhancement (former § 667.5, subd. (b)), and declined to otherwise reduce defendant’s sentence. Defendant argues the trial court erred when it reimposed the upper term sentence that defendant originally received for one of his convictions. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. Underlying Crimes3 On January 3, 2017, defendant approached a woman seated in her vehicle. He held a gun to her face, ordered her out of the car, and demanded she give him the rings she was wearing. Defendant took a diamond ring worth $2,000, a wedding band worth $400, and a purse containing currency as well as other items. The following day, defendant approached another woman