California Court of Appeal Mar 14, 2016 No. D068707Unpublished
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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THE PEOPLE, D068707
Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. Nos. SCD259522, v. SCD261948)
WILBERT DOMINIC HARVILLE,
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Daniel F.
Link, Judge. Affirmed and remanded for further proceedings.
Andrea S. Bitar, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General and Allison V. Hawley, Deputy Attorney
General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
In November 2014, Wilbert Dominic Harville was charged with two felony counts
for vehicle theft and obtaining a stolen vehicle, and two misdemeanor counts for
possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia (SCD259522, the first case).
Harville pleaded guilty to all counts. The trial court later sentenced Harville to the upper
term of three years for the vehicle theft charge, suspended the sentence on the condition
that Harville serve 365 days in custody with credit of 97 actual and 96 days of Penal
Code section 4019 credit, ordered the payment of certain fines and fees, but stayed the
order pending successful completion of probation. (Undesignated statutory references
are to the Penal Code.) The court imposed the same sentence for the obtaining stolen
property count, but stayed the sentence under section 654. As to the misdemeanor
counts, the court suspended imposition of sentence for three years on the same terms and
conditions as the vehicle theft count and added a year to the suspended sentence for a
prison prior, for a total suspended prison term of four years.
In April 2015, Harville was released from local custody and placed on probation.
The following month, he was arrested and charged with felony vehicle theft and
obtaining stolen vehicle (SCD261948, the second case). In July 2015, Harville moved
for new counsel under People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 118 (Marsden). The trial court
conducted a Marsden hearing and denied the motion. Harville then sought to represent
himself, but the trial court denied the request. Harville made a second Marsden motion
later that month, which the trial court denied.
A jury found Harville guilty of obtaining stolen property. The trial court
dismissed the vehicle theft charge after the jury returned the verdict form unsigned. At
the sentencing hearing, the trial court lifted the stay on the four-year suspended sentence
from case one and sentenced Harville to an additional eight months, consecutive, on case
two, for a total of four years eight months, to be served locally. The trial court stated it
would not order restitution because the victim did not ask for restitution. The trial court
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calculated custody credits, but did not address any fines or fees. Harville timely
appealed.
We requested a supplemental letter brief from counsel to address whether the trial
court erred when it failed to address fines and fees at the August 17, 2015 sentencing
hearing and include fines and fees in the abstract of judgment. Both counsel responded to
our request for supplemental briefs.
DISCUSSION
Appointed appellate counsel filed a brief summarizing the facts and proceedings
below. He presented no argument for reversal, but asked this court to review the record
for error as mandated by People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende) and Anders v.
California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders). Counsel listed as possible but not arguable
issues, whether the trial court should have granted the Marsden motions or Harville's
motion for self-representation. Counsel advised Harville of his right to file a
supplemental brief within 30 days of the date of filing of the opening brief. We also
granted Harville permission to file a brief on his own behalf. We received no
communication from Harville.
At the August 17, 2015 sentencing hearing the trial court declined to order
restitution because the victim did not ask for restitution. This statement satisfied its duty
under subdivision (b) of section 1202.4 to "impose a separate and additional restitution
fine, unless it finds compelling and extraordinary reasons for not doing so and states
those reasons on the record." The trial court, however, failed to mention other mandatory
fines and fees. Failure to impose mandatory fees, fines, penalties, and assessments
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constitutes an unauthorized sentence, which may be corrected by an appellate court even
in the absence of an objection or argument below. (People v. Turner (2002) 96
Cal.App.4th 1409, 1413-1415.) Accordingly, we must remand the matter to the trial
court to rectify its failure to provide a "detailed recitation of all the fees, fines and
penalties on the record," including their amounts and statutory bases. (People v. High
(2004) 119 Cal.App.4th 1192, 1200.)
We have now concluded our independent review of the record and find no other
reasonably arguable issues. Competent counsel has represented Harville on this appeal.
DISPOSITION
The matter is remanded to the trial court for determination and imposition of all
appropriate mandatory fees, fines, and assessments and correction of the abstract of
judgment. In all other respects, the judgment is affirmed. The trial court is directed to
forward a certified copy of the amended abstract to the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
McINTYRE, J. WE CONCUR:
HALLER, Acting P. J.
McDONALD, J.
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AI Brief
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Holding. The court affirmed the judgment but remanded the case for the trial court to impose mandatory fines, fees, and assessments that were omitted during the original sentencing hearing.
Issues
Did the trial court err by failing to impose mandatory fines and fees at sentencing?
Did the trial court err in denying the defendant's Marsden motions or request for self-representation?
Disposition. Affirmed and remanded
Quotations verified verbatim against the opinion
“The matter is remanded to the trial court for determination and imposition of all appropriate mandatory fees, fines, and assessments and correction of the abstract of judgment.”