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Filed 6/15/16 P. v. Madrid CA2/6
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                   DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE,                                                                  2d Crim. No. B267121
                                                                          (Super. Ct. No. 2013015819)
     Plaintiff and Respondent,                                                 (Ventura County)
v.
MARCOS CASTILLO MADRID,
     Defendant and Appellant.

                   Marcos Castillo Madrid appeals an order revoking his Post Release
Community Supervision (PRCS; Pen. Code, § 3450 et seq.) and committing him to 100
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days county jail. Appellant contends, among other things, that his due process rights
were violated because he was not provided a Morrissey-compliant probable cause hearing
(Morrissey v. Brewer (1972) 408 U.S. 471 [33 L. Ed. 2d 484] (Morrissey). We affirm.
                                         Facts and Procedural History
                   In 2013, appellant pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon or addict
(§ 29800, subd. (a)(1)) with a prior prison enhancement (§ 667.5, subd. (b)) and was
sentenced to three years state prison. On November 17, 2014, appellant was released
from prison and placed on PRCS supervision.

                   On April 9, 2015, appellant was sentenced to 90 days county jail after he
admitted violating PRCS.

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    All statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise stated.
              On July 30, 2015, appellant was arrested on a warrant for new PRCS
violations. On July 31, 2014, Senior Deputy Probation Officer Jennifer Souza informed
appellant of the alleged PRCS violations, conducted a probable cause hearing, and
determined there was probable cause that appellant had violated his PRCS terms.
(§ 3455, subd. (a).) Appellant was advised of his right to counsel and right to a formal
revocation hearing, and that the Ventura County Probation Agency recommended 120
days county jail. Appellant denied violating PRCS, refused the waiver offer, and
requested a formal court hearing.
              On August 10, 2015, a petition for revocation of PRCS was filed alleging
PRCS violations for failure to report to probation, possession of a folding knife with
heroin tar on the blade, possession of a hypodermic needle, failure to submit to drug
testing, and failure to participate in substance abuse treatment. Appellant filed a Williams
motion (Williams v. Superior Court (2014) 230 Cal. App. 4th 636) to dismiss which was
denied on August 13, 2014. After appellant submitted on the revocation petition, the
superior court found appellant in violation of PRCS and ordered him to serve 100 days
county jail with 30 days credit.
                                        Discussion
              Appellant contends that his due process rights were violated because he
was provided a written advisement of rights form stating that the probable hearing would
occur within 24 to 48 hours. Appellant complains that the probable cause hearing was
conducted the same day and that he did not have time to prepare for the hearing.
Appellant also argues that he was asked to sign a waiver of rights before the petition for
revocation was filed in violation of section 3455, subdivision (a). (See also § 1203.2,
subd. (b)(2).) Appellant suffered no harm. Appellant refused to waive his rights, was
provided counsel at the PRCS revocation hearing, and submitted on the revocation
petition. The court may not set aside the PRCS revocation unless the alleged procedural
error prejudiced appellant. (See e.g., In re La Croix (1974) 12 Cal. 3d 146, 154; People v.
Woodall (2013) 216 Cal. App. 4th 1121, 1238; In re Coughlin (1976) 16 Cal. 3d 52, 61.)

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Appellant makes no prejudice showing and forfeited the above claims by not raising them
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at the revocation hearing. (See e.g., People v. Buford (1974) 42 Cal. App. 3d 975, 982;
People v. Hawkins (1975) 44 Cal. App. 3d 958, 967.)
              On the merits, appellant makes no showing that he did not receive a
Morrissey-compliant probable cause hearing. The PRCS revocation procedures here
challenged are consistent with constitutional, statutory, and decisional law. These
procedures do not violate concepts of equal protection or due process of law. We so held
in People v. Gutierrez (2016) 245 Cal. App. 4th 393 and People v. Byron (2016) 246
Cal. App. 4th 1009 (petition for review filed May 24, 2016, S234734). We follow our
own precedent.
              The denial of a Morrissey-compliant probable cause hearing does not
warrant reversal unless the violation results in prejudice at the revocation hearing. (In re
La Croix, supra, 12 Cal.3d at pp. 154-155; People v. Woodall, supra, 216 Cal.App.4th at
p. 1228.) Appellant makes no showing that any due process defect prejudiced him or
affected the outcome of the PRCS revocation hearing. (In re Winn (1975) 13 Cal. 3d 694,
698 [defendant has burden of showing prejudice]; In re Moore (1975) 45 Cal. App. 3d
285, 294.) Appellant submitted on the revocation petition and served the custodial
sanction (100 days county jail). (See e.g., People v. Gutierrez, supra, 245 Cal.App.4th at
p. 399 [defendant submitted on PRCS revocation petition without contesting probable
cause determination].) "[T]here is nothing for us to remedy, even if we were disposed to
do so." (Spencer v. Kemna (1998) 523 U.S. 1, 18 [140 L. Ed. 2d 43, 56].)

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  Appellant argues that the Administrative Probable Cause Hearing form lists three PRCS
violations which are at variance with the petition for revocation which lists five PRCS
violations. The petition for revocation, however, states that appellant was informed of
the PRCS violations at the probable cause hearing. Appellant complains that the
violations listed on the Administrative Probable Cause Hearing and PROS HOLD forms
lack specific dates and details. Appellant waived those objections at the revocation
hearing when he submitted on the petition for revocation.

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                                    Disposition
             The judgment (order revoking PRCS) is affirmed.
             NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

                                                    YEGAN, J.
We concur:

             GILBERT, P. J.

             TANGEMAN, J.

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                               Donald D. Coleman, Judge

                           Superior Court County of Ventura

                          ______________________________

             Linda L. Currey, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant
and Appellant.
              Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant
Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paul M.
Roadarmel, Jr., Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Connie H. Kan, Deputy Attorney
General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.