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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

L.C. LEWIS BUTLER,

Defendant and Appellant.

 B303945

 (Los Angeles County

 Super. Ct. No. GA090523)

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court for Los Angeles 

County, Teri Schwartz, Judge. Affirmed.

Law Offices of John F. Schuck and John F. Schuck, under 

appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Defendant L.C. Lewis Butler appeals from an order granting his 

motion to recalculate his custody credits and correcting the abstract of 

judgment. His appointed counsel filed a brief under People v. Wende

(1979) 25 Cal.3d 436; defendant subsequently filed a supplemental brief

that raised issues that are not cognizable in this appeal. We have 

reviewed the record of the proceedings at issue and affirm the 

judgment.

BACKGROUND

This is the fourth appeal in this case. We need not set out in 

detail the entire history of the case for purposes of this appeal. Suffice 

to say that defendant was convicted on one count of first degree 

burglary (Pen. Code,1 § 459) and one count of evading an officer (Veh. 

Code, § 2800.2, subd. (a)), and was sentenced to a total of 35 years to life 

in state prison: 25 years to life on the burglary count under the Three 

Strikes law (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d)), plus 10 years 

for two five-year priors (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)). (People v. Butler (June 30, 

2020, B299402) [unpub. opn.] (Butler III), at p. 2.) We affirmed the 

conviction in defendant’s first appeal, but remanded for further 

proceedings on the prior conviction allegations. (People v. Butler

(Sept. 1, 2016, B262334) [unpub. opn.] (Butler I).) 

Defendant filed his second appeal at the conclusion of those 

proceedings. We rejected his challenges in that appeal, but remanded 

to allow the trial court to exercise its discretion whether to strike the 

1 Further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.
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section 667, subdivision (a) prior conviction enhancements in light of 

the enactment of Senate Bill No. 1393 (2017-2018 Reg. Sess.). (People v. 

Butler (Feb. 27, 2019, B286404) [unpub. opn.] (Butler II).) On remand,

the court exercised that discretion, struck the section 667 

enhancements, and resentenced defendant to a total term of 25 years to 

life. However, the court did not calculate defendant’s total credits, 

directing the Department of Corrections to calculate his custody credits. 

(Butler III, supra, B299402, at p. 3.)

Defendant filed his third appeal from the judgment, but while that 

appeal was pending, his appointed appellate counsel filed a motion to 

recalculate custody credits, which the court granted. (Butler III, supra, 

B299402, at p. 3.) Appellate counsel then filed an opening brief under 

People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436, and we affirmed the judgment. 

(Butler III, supra, B299402, at p. 4.)

In the meantime, defendant filed the present appeal from the trial 

court’s order granting his motion to recalculate his custody credits and 

amending the abstract of judgment to reflect the recalculation.

DISCUSSION

Defendant’s appointed counsel on appeal filed an opening brief 

under People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436, asking this court to review 

the record to determine whether any arguable issues exist. We notified 

defendant that he had 30 days to file a supplemental brief raising any 

contentions or arguments he wished this court to consider. Defendant 

has filed a supplemental brief, but the only issues he raises concern the 
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trials on the current offenses and prior convictions. None of those 

issues is cognizable in this appeal from the granting of defendant’s 

motion to recalculate his custody credits.

We have examined the entire record and are satisfied that no 

arguable issues exist and that defendant has, by virtue of counsel’s 

compliance with the Wende procedure and our review of the record, 

received adequate and effective appellate review of the judgment. 

(Smith v. Robbins (2000) 528 U.S. 259, 278.)

DISPOSITION

The judgment is affirmed.

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WILLHITE, Acting P. J.

We concur:

COLLINS, J.

CURREY J.