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Date Created: 2015-08-14 21:04:37.002564+00
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Filed 8/14/15 P. v. Williams CA32/1
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               IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                    SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE,                                                         B262211

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                  (Los Angeles County
                                                                    Super. Ct. No. TA078067)
         v.

GARY LAVONS WILLIAMS,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. John T.
Doyle, Judge. Affirmed.
         Gary Williams, in pro. per., and Cheryl Lutz, California Appellate Project, under
appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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       In 2005 defendant Gary Williams was convicted of six counts of second degree
robbery and one count of attempted second degree robbery, with personal firearm use
findings under Penal Code section 12022.53, subdivision (b). The court found multiple
strike conviction allegations true and sentenced Williams to a third strike term of 210
years to life. We affirmed the judgment on appeal.
       In 2014 defendant filed a petition in the trial court seeking resentencing pursuant
to Proposition 36. The trial court denied his petition and defendant appealed. We
appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. After examination of the record,
counsel filed an opening brief raising no issues and asking this court to independently
review the record.
       Defendant filed a supplemental brief, raising several contentions, which we briefly
address. First, defendant argues the length of his sentence is cruel and unusual. This
contention should have been raised in defendant’s appeal from the judgment. It is outside
the scope of this appeal of the order denying the petition for resentencing. Next,
defendant argues the “Three Strikes” law is unconstitutional pursuant to Johnson v.
United States (2015) 135 S. Ct. 2551. Johnson concluded a portion of a federal recidivist
statute was unconstitutionally vague. The decision does not cast doubt upon the validity
of the Three Strikes law and has no effect upon defendant’s conviction and sentence.
Moreover, the claim it applies is outside the scope of this appeal. Finally, defendant
argues the trial court failed to exercise sentencing discretion under People v. Superior
Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal. 4th 497 to strike his prior convictions. Romero and its
statutory foundation, Penal Code section 1385, do not provide a postjudgment remedy.
(People v. Kim (2012) 212 Cal. App. 4th 117.)
       Defendant was ineligible for resentencing under Proposition 36 because his second
degree robbery commitment offenses are violent felonies. (Pen. Code, §§ 667.5, subd.
(c)(9), 1170.126, subds. (a), (e).)

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       We have examined the entire record and are satisfied that defendant’s attorney has
fully complied with her responsibilities and that no arguable issues exist. (People v.
Kelly (2006) 40 Cal. 4th 106, 109–110; People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436, 441.)
                                     DISPOSITION
       The order is affirmed.
       NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

                                                 LUI, J.
We concur:

       ROTHSCHILD, P. J.

       JOHNSON, J.

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