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Filed 6/22/15 P. v. Jaquez CA2/7
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B258190

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. LA066339)
         v.

ANDY JACQUEZ,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Thomas
Rubinson, Judge. Affirmed as corrected with directions.
         Katherine Eileen Greenebaum, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for
Defendant and Appellant.
         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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       This appeal comes before us a second time. Following a jury trial, Andy Jacquez
was convicted on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245, subd.
(a)(1),1 counts 2 and 5); battery with serious bodily injury (§ 243, subd. (d), count 3),
false imprisonment by violence (§ 236, count 4), torture (§ 206, count 6), and dissuading
a witness from reporting a crime (§ 136.1, subd. (b)(1), count 8). The jury found Jacquez
not guilty of aggravated mayhem (count 7), but convicted him of the lesser included
offense of mayhem (§ 203).2
       In a bifurcated proceeding, Jacquez waived his rights to a trial and admitted he had
suffered a prior serious or violent felony conviction within the meaning of the three
strikes law (§§ 667, subds.(b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)–(d)).
       The court sentenced Jacquez to an aggregate state prison term of 16 years to life:
On count 6 for torture, the court imposed an indeterminate sentence of seven years to life,
doubled under the three strikes law for a term of 14 years to life. On the determinate
counts the court imposed a consecutive term of two years (one-third the three-year
middle term doubled) on count 2 for assault with a deadly weapon, and concurrent terms
of 16 months (one-third the two-year middle term doubled) on count 4 for false
imprisonment by violence and 16 months (one-third the middle two-year term doubled)
on count 8 for dissuading a witness from reporting a crime. The court stayed the
sentences on count 3 for battery with serious bodily injury, count 5 for assault with a
deadly weapon and count 7 for mayhem pursuant to section 654.
       Jacquez appealed, raising sentencing issues and a clerical error in the abstract of
judgment. After requesting supplemental briefing on additional sentencing errors, we
affirmed Jacquez’s conviction, but vacated the sentence and remanded for a new
sentencing hearing. (People v. Avila (Apr. 22, 2014, B239400) [nonpub. opn.].)

1      Statutory references are to this code.
2     Codefendant David Avila was tried with Jacquez before separate juries and was
convicted. He is not a party to this appeal.
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       On remand, following argument from counsel, the trial court resentenced Jacquez
to an aggregate state prison term of 20 years to life. On count 6 for torture, the court
imposed an indeterminate sentence of seven years to life, doubled under the three strikes
law for a term of 14 years to life. On the determinate counts, the court imposed a
consecutive term of six years (the three-year middle term doubled under the three strikes
law) on count 2 for assault with a deadly weapon and concurrent terms of four years each
(the two-year middle term doubled) on count 4 for false imprisonment by violence and on
count 8 for dissuading a witness from reporting a crime consistent with our prior ruling,
the trial court stayed the sentence on count 4.
       We appointed counsel to represent Jacquez on appeal. After examination of the
record counsel filed an opening brief in which no issues were raised. On March 3, 2015,
we advised Jacquez he had 30 days within which to personally submit any contentions or
issues he wished us to consider. We have received no response.
       We have examined the record and are satisfied Jacquez’s appellate attorney has
fully complied with the responsibilities of counsel and no arguable issue exists. (Smith v.
Robbins (2000) 528 U.S. 259, 277-284 [120 S. Ct. 746, 145 L. Ed. 2d 756]; People v. Kelly
(2006) 40 Cal. 4th 106, 112-113; People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436, 441.)
Although the trial court did not restate on the record its prior pronouncement that the
sentences on count 3 for battery with serious bodily injury, count 5 for assault with a
deadly weapon and count 7 for mayhem are stayed pursuant to 654, which were not in
error, the abstract of judgment properly reflects that the sentences on counts 3, 5 and 7
were imposed and stayed.

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                                    DISPOSITION
      The judgment is affirmed.

                                                ZELON, J.

We concur:

      PERLUSS, P. J.

      IWASAKI, J.*

*
        Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to
article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.
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