People v. Delgadillo CA2/4

Filed 11/18/20 P. v. Delgadillo CA2/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

THE PEOPLE, B304441 (Los Angeles County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. BA436900)

v.

JOSE DELGADILLO,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Katherine Mader, Judge. Dismissed. Nancy J. King, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Defendant Jose Delgadillo appeals from the trial court’s denial of his petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.95. The petition was denied following a hearing and briefing by the parties. The court found that there were no “grounds whatsoever for re-sentencing of [defendant]. . . . [D]efendant was the actual and only killer.” (See People v. Delgadillo (July 17, 2018, B281230) [nonpub. opn.] [defendant convicted of second degree murder after driving his car under the influence of alcohol and colliding into a car, killing one of the passengers]; People v. Roldan (2020) __ Cal.App.5th __, __ [2020 WL 6375578] [petitioners convicted of second degree murder under actual implied malice are not entitled to relief as a matter of law under Penal Code section 1170.95].) Defendant’s appointed counsel found no arguable issues and filed a brief under People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende), asking this court to independently review the record. On July 6, 2020, we directed counsel to send the record and a copy of the opening brief to defendant. Both his counsel and this court informed defendant that counsel had been unable to find any arguable issues. Defendant was invited to submit a supplemental brief or letter within 30 days raising any contentions he wished this court to consider. He did not do so. As recently explained in People v. Cole (2020) 52 Cal.App.5th 1023 (review granted, Oct. 14, 2020, No. S264278) (Cole), the procedures set forth in Wende are not constitutionally compelled if a criminal defendant’s appeal is not his or her initial appeal of right. (Id. at p. 1038.) We adopt the analysis in Cole, and apply the procedures