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Filed 3/23/23 P. v. Divincenzo CA4/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

RYAN MATTHEW DIVINCENZO,

Defendant and Appellant.

E079825

(Super.Ct.No. FVI18001143)

OPINION

APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Debra Harris, 

Judge. Affirmed.

Laura Arnold, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and 

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Defendant and appellant Ryan Matthew Divincenzo appeals the San Bernardino 

County Superior Court’s denial of his petition for resentencing made pursuant to section 

1385 of the Penal Code.1 We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In August 2019, defendant pled no contest to assault by means of force likely to 

cause great bodily injury and admitted an infliction of great bodily injury enhancement 

and a prior strike. (§§ 245, subd. (a), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d), 12022.7, subd. (a).) The 

court sentenced him to a total term of nine years in state prison, consisting of a midterm 

of three years for the assault, doubled on account of the strike, and a consecutive upper 

term of three years for the enhancement.

In 2021, the Legislature amended section 1385 to add subdivision (c). (Sen. Bill 

No. 81 (Stats 2021, ch. 721, § 1).) The subdivision, which applies to all sentencings 

occurring after the provision’s effective date of January 1, 2022, requires the trial court to 

dismiss an enhancement if it makes a discretionary finding that dismissal would further 

the interests of justice unless the dismissal would violate any initiative statute or would 

endanger public safety. (§ 1385, subd. (c)(1), (2), (7).)

In June 2022, defendant moved for an order striking or staying the sentences 

imposed for the strike and the enhancement pursuant to subdivision (c) of section 1385. 

Defendant was present with counsel at the hearing when the court denied the motion. 

Defendant appealed.

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DISCUSSION

Defendant’s appointed appellate counsel has filed an opening brief that sets forth 

statements of the case and facts but does not present any issues for adjudication. Counsel 

requests us to independently review the record on appeal pursuant to People v. Wende

(1979) 25 Cal.3d 436. No potentially arguable issues are suggested in the brief. 

We offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, which 

he has not done. Although we are not required to independently review the record for 

potential errors in a postjudgment appeal, we exercised our discretion to do so in keeping 

with our opinion in People v. Griffin (2022) 85 Cal.App.5th 329. We found no arguable 

issues.

DISPOSITION

The judgment is affirmed.

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RAMIREZ

P. J.

We concur:

CODRINGTON

J.

SLOUGH

J.