People v. Flores CA4/3

Filed 3/6/26 P. v. Flores 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, G065035

v. (Super. Ct. No. 15NF1057)

ALEJANDRO GUILLEN FLORES, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from a postjudgment order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Kimberly Menninger, Judge. Affirmed. Matthew A. Lopas, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. * * *

INTRODUCTION In November 2018, Defendant Alejandro Guillen Flores (Defendant) pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder. Several years later, he filed a petition for resentencing pursuant to Penal Code section 1172.6.1 The trial court denied the petition following the issuance of an order to show cause and an evidentiary hearing. Defendant appeals from the order denying his petition for resentencing. Defendant’s appointed counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo) to inform the court that counsel had found no arguable issues and to request that we exercise our discretion to conduct an independent review of the record. Counsel also suggested two issues for our consideration. Defendant was given the opportunity to file a supplemental brief on his own behalf and was given notice pursuant to Delgadillo that if no supplemental brief was filed, the court might dismiss the appeal as abandoned. Defendant did not file a supplemental brief. We nonetheless exercise our discretion to conduct an independent review of the record, (Delgadillo, supra, 14 Cal.5th at p. 232) and find no arguable issues on appeal. We therefore affirm. BACKGROUND I. FACTUAL SUMMARY The facts are taken from the transcript of the preliminary hearing, which the trial court relied upon in denying Defendant’s petition for resentencing. In April 2015, Defendant was dating Amanda Salway. Before