People v. Walker CA2/1

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, B253295

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VA038921) v.

RONALD D. WALKER,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles. William C. Ryan, Judge. Affirmed. _____ Jonathan B. Steiner and Ann Krausz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. ______

On October 23, 2013, Ronald D. Walker filed a petition for recall of sentence pursuant to Penal Code section 1170.126,1 which codifies part of the “Three Strikes Reform Act” (Prop. 36, § 6, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 6, 2012), effective Nov. 7, 2012). Walker represented that he is serving a third-strike sentence for a 1997 conviction for assault with a deadly weapon under section 245, subdivision (a)(1), along with a true finding on an allegation that during commission of the offense he personally used a deadly weapon within the meaning of section 12022, subdivision (b). On October 29, 2013, the trial court denied the petition with prejudice because Walker’s third-strike offense rendered him ineligible for resentencing under section 1170.126. Walker filed a notice of appeal.2 We appointed counsel to represent Walker in the matter. After examining the record, counsel filed a Wende brief raising no issues on appeal and requesting that we independently review the record. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) On March 28, 2014, we directed appointed counsel to immediately send the record on this appeal and a copy of the opening brief to Walker and notified Walker that within 30 days from the date of the notice he could submit by letter or brief any ground of appeal, contention or argument he wished us to consider. We received a letter from Walker in response on April 1, 2014. In his letter, Walker complains about his sentence in connection with the 1997 conviction. Walker’s complaints about his underlying sentence are not appropriately raised in this appeal from the order denying his petition to recall his sentence. (See In re Carson (1979) 95 Cal.App.3d 123, 125 [complaints regarding inappropriate sentence raised after appeal from underlying conviction addressed on petition for writ of habeas corpus].)