Filed 2/1/16 P. v. Gonzalez CA2/4

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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.

MAURICIO GONZALEZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

 B263801

 (Los Angeles County

 Super. Ct. No. VA076763)

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Robert J. 

Higa, Judge. Affirmed.

Richard B. Lennon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and 

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
2

Defendant Mauricio Gonzalez appeals from an order dismissing his petition to 

recall his sentence and for resentencing under Proposition 36, the Three Strikes Reform 

Act of 2012. (Pen. Code, § 1170.126.)1 The order is affirmed.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of second degree robbery and 

found to have suffered two prior strike convictions within the meaning of sections 667, 

subdivisions (b) through (i) and 1170.12, subdivisions (a) through (d) and a prior prison 

term within the meaning of section 667.5, subdivision (b). He received a state prison 

sentence of 30 years to life. He appealed from the judgment of conviction, which this 

court affirmed in 2005. (People v. Gonzalez (Sept. 22, 2005, B177682) [nonpub. opn.].) 

In November 2012, the voters adopted Proposition 36, which amended the Three 

Strikes law by limiting the imposition of an indeterminate life sentence to those 

defendants whose third felony is defined as serious or violent under sections 667.5 or 

1192.7. The initiative allowed those serving a life sentence for a third felony that is not 

defined by those sections as serious or violent to petition for a recall of sentence and 

request resentencing. (§ 1170.126, subd. (b).)

Defendant filed a petition to recall his sentence and for resentencing in October 

2014. The trial court found him ineligible for resentencing because robbery is defined as 

a violent felony by subdivision (c)(9) of section 667.5. His petition was denied with 

prejudice, and this appeal followed. 

Defendant’s attorney filed a Wende2 brief, stating that he had thoroughly reviewed 

the record to determine whether it contained any arguable issues. We issued a letter 

directing counsel to send the record and a copy of the opening brief to defendant, and 

inviting defendant to submit a supplemental brief or letter. We received no response 

from defendant. 

 

1 All further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.
3

Having reviewed the record, we are satisfied that counsel has fully complied with 

his responsibilities and that no arguable appellate issue exists. (Smith v. Robbins (2000) 

528 U.S. 259, 278; People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 110.) 

DISPOSITION

The order is affirmed.

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EPSTEIN, P. J.

We concur:

WILLHITE, J.

MANELLA, J.