People v. Thornton CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D068987

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. SCE334918) v.

WILLIAM CECIL THORNTON,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, David J.

Danielsen, Judge. Affirmed.

John L. Staley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

In 1987, William Cecil Thornton was convicted in Tennessee of sexual battery,

triggering a duty to register as a sex offender if he lived in California. In 2013, a peace

officer stopped Thornton and Thornton admitted that he had failed to update his

registration. Thornton pleaded guilty for failing to register as a sex offender and admitted

a strike prior allegation and two prison priors. The trial court ordered him to register as a

sex offender. The trial court sentenced him to six years in prison, consisting of the base

term of two years, doubled as a result of the strike and one year for each prison prior.

Thornton later filed a petition, in propria persona, to reduce his conviction to a