California Court of Appeal Sep 10, 2015 No. E062904Unpublished
Filed 9/10/15 P. v. Decker CA4/2
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent, E062904
v. (Super.Ct.No. FVI1400211)
TIMOTHY ROBERT DECKER, OPINION
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. John M. Tomberlin,
Judge. Affirmed.
Britton Donaldson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Defendant and appellant Timothy Robert Decker pled guilty to second degree
robbery. (Count 1; Pen. Code § 211.)1 Pursuant to defendant’s plea agreement, the court
1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.
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granted defendant three years’ probation. Defendant’s probation officer filed a petition
for revocation of defendant’s probation. After a contested hearing, the court found
defendant in violation of his probation and sentenced defendant to the upper term of five
After counsel filed the notice of appeal, this court appointed counsel to represent
defendant. Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979) 25
Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, setting forth a statement of the
case, a summary of the facts, and identifying four potentially arguable issues: (1)
whether there was sufficient evidence to support the court’s finding that defendant
violated the terms of his probation; (2) whether the court awarded defendant the correct
amount of custody credits; (3) whether the court abused its discretion in imposing the
upper term of incarceration; and (4) whether defendant forfeited any sentencing challenge
on appeal by failing to object below. We affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On January 21, 2014, the People charged defendant by felony complaint with
second degree robbery (count 1; § 211) and alleged defendant had suffered two prior
prison terms (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). On January 30, 2014, defendant pled guilty to the count
1 offense and, on the People’s motion, the court dismissed the prior prison term
allegations.
Pursuant to defendant’s plea agreement, the court sentenced defendant to three
years’ probation with various terms and conditions, including that he violate no law (term
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2), cooperate with his probation officer in a plan of rehabilitation (term 4), and neither
use nor possess controlled substances (term 10). On December 12, 2014, defendant’s
probation officer filed a petition for revocation of defendant’s probation alleging he had
violated terms 2, 4, and 10 of his probation.
On December 9, 2014, the probation officer conducted a probation compliance
check at defendant’s residence. During a search of the garage, the probation officer
found numerous 12-gauge shotgun shells and several .38-caliber rounds, a violation of
defendant’s probation term that he violate no law (term 2). (Pen. Code, § 30305, subd.
(a)(1) [possession of ammunition by prohibited person].) Defendant also admitted to
smoking methamphetamine the previous day in violation of terms 2, 4, and 10 of his
probation. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11550, subd. (a).) The probation officer noted that on
three prior occasions defendant had admitted to using methamphetamine. The probation
officer directed defendant to attend a program named “Changing Your Life for the
Better.” Defendant missed several meetings of the program. The probation officer’s
supplemental report recommended imposition of the upper term of five years’
imprisonment and an award of 97 days of custody credit, consisting of 49 actual days and
48 days of conduct credit.
On January 27, 2015, the court held the contested probation revocation hearing.
Defendant’s probation officer testified that on December 9, 2014, defendant admitted
using methamphetamine the previous day. The court noted the People “only proceeded
on two of the three violations. One of those, by the way, had to do with possession of
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ammunition, and we are not even going to touch that.” The court found defendant in
violation of his probation and revoked his probation.
The court sentenced defendant to the upper term of five years, explaining: “I used
the aggravated term because of the fact your record shows you served two prior prison
terms.” The People indicated defendant should receive custody credits of “63 plus 63.”
The court queried: “Is that right. Isn’t this a violent felony? Isn’t it 85 percent he has to
serve?” Defense counsel noted: “I believe he gets old [section] 4019 [credits] while he’s
here. Submit.” The court awarded credit for 63 actual days plus nine days of conduct
“credit under [section] 2933.1.”
Defense counsel observed: “I believe he does have more credits than that, your
Honor. Can we put this over for a credit memo?” The court ruled: “I’ll put it on for a
modification. I’ll give him the 63 plus [nine] for a total of 72 [days], and you can have a
further date where you get his calculation . . . and put it on.”2
II. DISCUSSION
We offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, which
he has not done. Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, we
have independently reviewed the record for potential error and find no arguable issues
(People v. Monette (1994) 25 Cal.App.4th 1572, 1575 [the corpus delicti rule does not
apply to probation revocation hearings such that a defendant’s admission of a probation
2 As of the filing of the notice of appeal on February 10, 2014, and the filing of the record on February 25, 2015, it appears no further hearing on defendant’s custody credits had been held.
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violation is sufficient evidence to revoke his probation]; §§ 2933.1, subd. (a) [defendant
entitled to only 15 percent worktime credit when convicted of a violent felony], 667.5,
subd. (c)(9) [robbery is a violent felony]; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.421(b)(3)
[defendant’s service of a prior prison term is a factor in aggravation relevant to the
court’s consideration of which term of incarceration to impose]; People v. Scott (1994) 9
Cal.4th 331, 352-353 [defendant forfeits contention that imposition of upper term
sentence was error by failing to object below]).
III. DISPOSITION
The judgment is affirmed.
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KING J.
We concur:
McKINSTER Acting P. J.
CODRINGTON J.
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AI Brief
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Holding. The court affirmed the defendant's probation revocation and sentence, finding no arguable issues after an independent review of the record pursuant to People v. Wende.
Issues
Whether there was sufficient evidence to support the probation violation finding.
Whether the court awarded the correct amount of custody credits.
Whether the court abused its discretion in imposing the upper term of incarceration.
Whether the defendant forfeited sentencing challenges by failing to object below.
Disposition. Affirmed
Quotations verified verbatim against the opinion
“we have independently reviewed the record for potential error and find no arguable issues”