People v. Williams CA5

Filed 6/12/23 P. v. Williams CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE, F084842 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Kern Super. Ct. No. BF170086A) v.

DENNIS MAURICE WILLIAMS, OPINION Defendant and Appellant.

THE COURT * APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County. Chad A. Louie, Judge. Diane E. Berley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for Plaintiff and Respondent. -ooOoo-

* Before Hill, P. J., Detjen, J. and Peña, J.

In 2018, appellant and defendant Dennis Maurice Williams (appellant) was convicted after a jury trial of attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187)1 with a great bodily injury enhancement and other felonies. He was sentenced to an aggregate term of 14 years 10 months. In 2021, this court affirmed the judgment on direct appeal. (People v. Williams (Mar. 30, 2021, F078192) [nonpub. opn.].) In 2022, appellant filed a petition for resentencing of his attempted murder conviction pursuant to section 1172.6.2 The People filed opposition. The superior court appointed counsel, conducted a hearing, and denied the petition, finding appellant failed to state a prima facie case because he was convicted as the actual perpetrator. On appeal, appellant’s counsel filed a brief with this court pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 and People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo), which summarized the facts and procedural history with citations to the record, raised no issues, and asked this court to independently review the record. On February 22, 2023, this court sent an order to appellant stating his appellate counsel had filed a brief under Wende that indicated no arguable issues had been identified for appeal; previously, when an appellant filed an appeal from the denial of a section 1172.6 petition, and counsel filed a Wende brief, this court performed an independent review of the record to determine whether any error occurred; the California Supreme Court determined in Delgadillo that independent Wende review is not required for appeals from the denial of section 1172.6 petitions; in accordance with the procedures set forth in Delgadillo, appellant had 30 days in which to file a supplemental brief or