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Date Created: 2023-06-21 19:05:09.57303+00
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Filed 6/21/23 P. v. Green CA4/1
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                COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION ONE

                                         STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE,                                                          D081201

         Plaintiff and Respondent,

         v.                                                          (Super. Ct. No. INF1502142)

CHRISTOPHER JERMAINE GREEN,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Riverside County,
John D. Molloy, Judge. Affirmed.
         Christopher Green, in pro. per.; and Ellen M. Matsumoto, under
appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
         In 2016, Christopher Jermaine Green was convicted of premeditated

attempted murder (Pen. Code,1 §§ 187 & 664); assault with a firearm (§ 245,
subd. (a)(2)) and participation in a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (a)).
Firearm and gang enhancements found true were personal use of a firearm

1        All further statutory references are to the Penal Code.
during the commission of the crimes (§§ 12022.5, subd. (a), 12022.53,
subd. (c), & 186.22, subd. (b)(1)). It was also determined that Green had
suffered two strike prior convictions (§ 667, subds. (b)-(i)).
      Green was sentenced to a prison term of 69 years four months to life.
      In 2022, Green filed a petition for resentencing under section 1172.6
The court appointed counsel and held a hearing. At the hearing the court
reviewed the jury instructions given at trial. Both counsel agreed the jury
was not instructed on the natural and probable consequences theory of
liability. The parties agreed Green was prosecuted as a direct aider and
abettor. Based on the jury instructions and the agreement of the parties, the
court found Green was not eligible for resentencing under section 1172.6.
The court denied the petition without issuing an order to show cause.
      Green filed a timely notice of appeal.
      Appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to People v. Delgadillo
(2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo), indicating counsel has not been able to
identify any potentially meritorious issues for reversal on appeal. Counsel
asks the court to exercise its discretion to independently review the record for
error pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende). We notified
Green that he had a right to file his own brief on appeal. He has responded
by filing a one page document criticizing the evidence introduced at his trial.
He essentially challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his
convictions. Green’s brief does not address any potential errors in the trial
court’s decision to deny the current petition for resentencing.
                                  DISCUSSION
      As we have noted, appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to
Delgadillo and asks us to independently review the record for error. To assist

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the court in its review, and in compliance with Anders v. California (1967)
386 U.S. 738 (Anders), counsel has identified two possible meritorious issues:
      1. Whether the trial court erred by concluding the jury’s finding the
attempted murder to be willful, deliberate, and premeditated rendered Green
ineligible for relief under section 1172.6.
      2. Whether the court erred in finding the lack of jury instructions on
the doctrine of natural and probable consequences rendered Green ineligible
for resentencing under section 1172.6.
      We have independently reviewed the record for error consistent with
Wende and Anders. We have not discovered any potentially meritorious
issues for reversal on appeal. Competent counsel has represented Green on
this appeal.
                                 DISPOSITION
      The order denying Green’s petition for resentencing under
section 1172.6 is affirmed.

                                                      HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.

WE CONCUR:

BUCHANAN, J.

CASTILLO, J.

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