Filed 12/19/23 P. v. Williams CA2/6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE,

 Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

LATEEF WILLIAMS,

 Defendant and Appellant.

2d Crim. No. B328398

(Super. Ct. No. 2019027191)

(Ventura County)

Lateef Williams appeals from a judgment of conviction 

entered after his plea to one count of second degree burglary. 

(Pen. Code, § 459.)1

We appointed counsel to represent appellant in this appeal. 

After an examination of the record, counsel filed an opening brief 

that raises no arguable issues. On October 2, 2023, we notified 

appellant by mail that he had 30 days within which to personally 

submit any contentions or issues he wished us to consider. On 

October 10, 2023, the notice was returned unopened and marked, 

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code.
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“return to sender, not in custody.” Neither appellant nor his 

counsel has provided any information regarding appellant’s 

current address after his release from custody. No supplemental 

brief was filed.

In August 2019, appellant attempted to enter the victim’s 

home while she and her three-month-old baby were asleep in the 

bedroom. After awakening to a loud noise, the victim observed 

appellant walking around the backyard wearing only a t-shirt, 

talking to himself and masturbating. Appellant broke a kitchen 

window and had his upper body inside the house when law 

enforcement arrived and ordered him to stop. He complied and 

was arrested. 

In January 2023, appellant pleaded guilty to second degree 

burglary (§ 459), admitted the aggravating factors (Cal. Rules of 

Court, rule 4.421(b)(1), (b)(3)), and also admitted the prior strike 

offense (§§ 667, 1170.12). At that same hearing, appellant 

pleaded guilty to one count of felony vandalism in a separate case

(§ 594, subd. (b)(1)). 

Neither of the charges required mandatory sex offender 

registration (§ 290, subd. (c)(1)), there was no discussion of sex 

offender registration at the plea hearing, and the sex offender 

registration admonition was crossed out on the plea form 

appellant signed. 

In March 2023, appellant appeared for sentencing on both 

matters and was represented by stand-in counsel. The trial court 

sentenced appellant to 7 years 4 months with credit for 2,588 

days time served. In addition, it ordered him to register as a sex 

offender pursuant to section 290. 

In April 2023, after appellant was released on parole, his 

parole agent filed a petition for revocation alleging appellant had 
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failed to charge his GPS monitoring device and possessed drug 

paraphernalia. 

In May 2023, the parties, along with appellant’s original 

attorney, returned to court to address concerns about the terms of 

appellant’s sentence. Appellant’s attorney requested the trial 

court strike the sex offender registration requirement, or in the 

alternative, consider allowing appellant to withdraw his plea. 

The trial court took the request under submission. 

The trial court granted appellant’s request to strike the 

registration requirement and ordered an amended abstract of 

judgment to be filed. 

We have reviewed the entire record and are satisfied that 

appellant’s counsel has fully complied with her responsibilities 

and that no arguable issue exists. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 

Cal.3d 436.)

Disposition

The judgment is affirmed. 

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

YEGAN, acting P. J.

We concur:

BALTADANO. J.

CODY, J.
Bruce A. Young, Judge

Superior Court County of Ventura

______________________________

Richard Lennon and Olivia Meme, under appointment by 

the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Respondent.