People v. Lawrence CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D084438

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD278012)

KMAAL LAWRENCE,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Melinda J. Lasater, Judge. Dismissed in part, affirmed in part. Kmaal Lawrence, in pro. per.; and Paul Raymond Kraus, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. Kmaal Lawrence appeals from the denial of his postconviction petition seeking resentencing. His appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo), and Lawrence filed a supplemental brief. We have reviewed the issues raised in Lawrence’s supplemental brief and have independently reviewed the record. (Id. at p. 232.) To the extent the order is not appealable, we dismiss. To the

extent there is an appealable aspect of the order, we find no reasonably arguable appellate issues and affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND A. Underlying Plea and Sentencing

Lawrence was charged with 31 counts arising from sexual abuse of a child over a three-year period, from 2015 and 2018. The operative complaint alleged four counts of having sexual intercourse with a child 10 years of age

or younger (Pen. Code,1 § 288.7, subd. (a); [counts 1–2 and 11–12]); eight counts of oral copulation with a child 10 years of age or younger (§ 288.7, subd. (b) [counts 3–6 and 13–16]); six counts of committing a forcible lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 (§ 288, subd. (b)(1) [counts 7–8, 17–18, and 27–28]); six counts of committing a lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 (§ 288, subd. (a) [counts 9–10, 19–20, and 29–30]); and seven counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child (§ 269, subd. (a) [counts 21–26 and 31]). The complaint also alleged an enhancement for substantial sexual contact with the victim in committing the forcible lewd act charges (§1203.066, subd. (a)(8) [counts 7–8, 17–18, and 27–28]). In March 2019, Lawrence pleaded guilty to one count of sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 10 (count 1) and to one count of forcibly committing a lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 (count 17). He admitted the enhancement allegation that he had substantial sexual contact with the child in committing the act charged in count 17. In exchange, Lawrence stipulated to a state prison sentence of 25 years to life for count 1 plus a lower term sentence of five years for count 17 for an aggregate term of 30 years to life. The People agreed to dismiss the