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Filed 9/22/14 P. v. Saucedo CA4/3

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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

     Plaintiff and Respondent,                                         G049600

                  v.                                                   (Super. Ct. No. M15200)

MANUEL ANTHONY SAUCEDO,                                                OPINION

     Defendant and Appellant.

                   Appeal from a postjudgment order of the Superior Court of Orange County,
Gregg L. Prickett, Judge. Affirmed.
                   Neil Auwarter, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant
and Appellant.
                   No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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              In 1995, a jury convicted defendant Manuel Anthony Saucedo of second
degree burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 459, 460, subd. (b); all further undesignated statutory
references are to this code) and evading a police officer (Veh. Code, § 2800.2). The trial
court later found true defendant had three prior strike convictions (§ 667, subds. (d),
(e)(2)), including 1984 convictions for assault with a deadly weapon and attempted
murder, and had served five prior prison terms (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). The court sentenced
defendant to 53 years to life.
              In late 2013, defendant filed a petition seeking to recall his sentence under
section 1170.126, subdivision (e). The court denied the petition, finding defendant’s
prior conviction for attempted murder made him statutorily ineligible for relief under
section 1170.126.
              Defendant timely appealed and we appointed counsel to represent him. In
his brief, counsel summarized the proceedings and the facts necessary to decide this
appeal, and while not arguing against defendant, stated he had found no arguable issues
to present. (Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 [87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493];
People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436.) Although we notified defendant he could file
written argument on his own behalf, the time to do so has passed and no communication
has been received from him.
              Defendant’s counsel asked this court to consider two issues in conducting
our independent review of the record: (1) whether he was ineligible for resentencing
under section 1170.126, subdivision (c) due to his 1984 attempted murder conviction
even though his sentence for that offense was stayed; and (2) whether his sentence for the
greater offense of attempted murder properly stayed in his 1984 case as opposed to the
lesser offense of assault with a deadly weapon.
              We have considered these issues and reviewed the record according to our
obligations under Wende, supra, 25 Cal. 3d 436 and Anders, supra, 485 U.S. 738, but
found no arguable issues on appeal.

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          The order is affirmed.

                                       RYLAARSDAM, ACTING P. J.

WE CONCUR:

BEDSWORTH, J.

ARONSON, J.

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