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Date Created: 2013-06-12 18:15:45.590006+00
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Filed 6/12/13 P. v. Warnock CA2/2
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B242563

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. MA052952)
         v.

ROBERT LAMAR WARNOCK,

         Defendant and Appellant.

THE COURT:*

         Defendant and appellant Robert Lamar Warnock (defendant) appeals from a
judgment entered upon a plea of no contest to second degree robbery. His appointed
counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende), raising
no issues. On February 14, 2013, we notified defendant of his counsel’s brief and gave
him leave to file a supplemental brief. Defendant has filed a supplemental brief in which
he contends that his sentence contained an unauthorized enhancement and that his trial
counsel provided ineffective assistance. Upon reviewing the entire record, we have
determined that we lack jurisdiction and thus we dismiss the appeal.

*        BOREN, P. J., ASHMANN-GERST, J., CHAVEZ, J.
       Defendant was charged in an amended information with second degree robbery in
violation of Penal Code section 211 (count 1),1 and possession of marijuana for sale, in
violation of Health and Safety Code section 11359 (count 2). It was also alleged that
defendant personally used a firearm in the commission of counts 1 and 2, within the
meaning of section 12022.53, subdivision (b). Count 3 charged defendant with
possession of a firearm by a felon with two prior felony convictions, in violation of
section 12021, subdivision (a)(1). The amended information also alleged that defendant
suffered a prior conviction for robbery in 1998, pursuant to the “Three Strikes” law
(§§ 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d) & 667, subds. (b)-(i)), for purposes of the five-year sentence
enhancement of section 667, subdivision (a)(1), and for the one-year sentence
enhancement of section 667.5, subdivision (b).
       On April 30, 2012, defendant accepted the prosecution’s offer of a 19-year prison
term, conditioned upon his plea to count 1 and an admission of both the firearm
allegation and his prior robbery conviction. After advising defendant of his rights and the
consequences of his plea, the trial court sentenced him to the low term of two years,
doubled as a second strike, plus a consecutive five-year enhancement due to the 1998
robbery conviction, and a consecutive 10-year term for the personal use of a firearm. The
court also imposed mandatory fines and fees, ordered defendant to provide biological
samples, and scheduled a restitution hearing.
       At the restitution hearing, compensation to the victim was ordered in the agreed
upon sum of $4,950. Defendant was awarded presentence custody credit of 365 actual
days plus 15 percent conduct credits, for a total of 419 days. Defense counsel then
informed the court that defendant wished to withdraw his plea based on his belief that he
was misinformed regarding the five-year sentence enhancement. The court reminded
defendant that he agreed to a 19-year sentence and explained how it was calculated.
When defendant appeared to confuse the one-year prison prior enhancement with the

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

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five-year enhancement, the court explained the difference, and defendant said he
understood.
       Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal and applied for a certificate of probable
cause, which the trial court denied. In his supplemental brief on appeal, defendant
contends that the trial court imposed an unauthorized sentence enhancement and that
counsel was ineffective for permitting him to admit the prior conviction. As defendant’s
contentions affect the validity of his plea, we must dismiss the appeal. (See People v.
Shelton (2006) 37 Cal.4th 759, 769; In re Chavez (2003) 30 Cal.4th 643, 651; § 1237.5;
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.304(b).)
       We have examined the entire record and are satisfied that defendant’s appellate
counsel has fully complied with his responsibilities and that we have no jurisdiction to
consider defendant’s appeal. 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, 123-124.)
       The appeal is dismissed.
       NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.

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