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Filed 4/22/13 P. v. Palmer CA2/2
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B244167

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. KA092597)
         v.

FRANK WILLIAM PALMER,

         Defendant and Appellant.

THE COURT:*

         Defendant and appellant Frank William Palmer (defendant) appeals from the
denial of his postjudgment motion to increase his award of presentence custody credit.
His appointed counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436
(Wende), raising no issues and requesting a court review of the record. On December 18,
2012, we notified defendant of his counsel’s brief and gave him leave to file, within 30
days, his own brief or letter stating any grounds or argument he might wish to have
considered. That time has elapsed, and defendant has submitted no brief or letter. We
have reviewed the entire record and as we have found no error or arguable issues, we
affirm the judgment.

*        BOREN, P.J., ASHMANN-GERST, J., CHAVEZ, J.
       In an eight-count amended information defendant was charged with seven felonies
and one misdemeanor, all committed in August 2010. The information alleged for
purposes of Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b),1 that defendant had suffered eight
prior felony convictions and prison terms. Pursuant to a plea agreement under which
defendant would be sentenced to eight years in prison, defendant entered a plea of nolo
contendere to first degree residential burglary in violation of section 459, as alleged in
count 1, and to unlawfully driving or taking an automobile with a prior conviction, in
violation of section 666.5, as alleged in count 5. In addition, defendant admitted four
prior felony convictions.
       On May 10, 2011, the trial court sentenced defendant to the agreed upon eight
years in prison, imposed mandatory fines and fees, and awarded defendant 342 days of
presentence custody credit, consisting of 228 actual days in custody and 114 conduct
credits. The remaining counts were dismissed.
       In July 2012, defendant filed a motion to increase the number of conduct credits to
228, a number equal to the actual days in custody. The trial court found that defendant
was not entitled to conduct credit equal to 100 percent of actual time in custody, based
upon the law in effect on the date of his offense;2 but the court did find that defendant’s
actual custody time had not been calculated correctly, and that he should have been given
259 days. The trial court thus granted relief by correcting the judgment to reflect 259
days of actual custody and 128 days of conduct credit for a total of 387 days of
presentence custody credit. An amended abstract of judgment was issued to reflect the
correction.

1      All further statutory references are to the Penal Code, unless otherwise indicated.

2      See former section 4019 (Stats. 2009-2010, 3d Ex.Sess., ch. 28, § 50) which was
effective from January 25, 2010 to September 28, 2010. Defendant was convicted of first
degree residential burglary, a serious felony listed in section 1192.7, subdivision (c)(18),
and thus subject to former section 4019, subdivision (c), not the more liberal formula of
subdivision (b).
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       The following month defendant filed another motion to correct the award, again
requesting conduct credits equaling 100 percent of his actual presentence time in custody.
The trial court found the motion to be identical to the motion filed and denied in July
2012. The court nevertheless considered the renewed motion and it was denied.
Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal from the denial of his second motion.
       We conclude that defendant has, by virtue of counsel’s compliance with the
Wende procedure and our review of the record, received adequate and effective appellate
review of the judgment entered against him in this case. (Smith v. Robbins (2000) 528
U.S. 259, 278; People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 112-113.)
       The judgment is affirmed.
       NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.

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