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Filed 2/18/15 P. v. Morgan CA3
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                      THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                                     (Sacramento)

THE PEOPLE,                                                                                  C076246

                   Plaintiff and Respondent,                                     (Super. Ct. No. 09F06211)

         v.

KEVIN LEE MORGAN,

                   Defendant and Appellant.

         This is an appeal pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende).
         On August 12, 2009, officers arrived at the victim’s home on a report of a burglary
in progress and saw a truck drive away as the officers got out of their patrol car. The
truck driven by codefendant Jodi Northcutt had been parked in front of the home. When
officers entered the victim’s home, they discovered that it had been ransacked.

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Defendant Kevin Lee Morgan fled from the scene but he was arrested as was codefendant
Northcutt. A search of the truck revealed stolen property.1
        Defendant entered a no contest plea to first degree burglary (Pen. Code, § 459)2
and admitted a strike prior (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12) (2004 first degree burglary)
in exchange for a sentencing lid of 12 years and dismissal of the remaining counts with a
waiver pursuant to People v. Harvey (1979) 25 Cal.3d 754 (two more counts of first
degree burglary and two counts of receiving stolen property).
        After denying defendant’s request that the court strike the strike prior, the court
sentenced defendant to state prison for the upper term of six years, doubled for the strike
prior to 12 years.3
        Defendant appeals. He did not obtain a certificate of probable cause. (§ 1237.5.)
        We appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. Counsel filed an opening
brief that sets forth the facts of the case and requests this court to review the record and
determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d
436.) Defendant was advised by counsel of the right to file a supplemental brief within
30 days of the date of filing of the opening brief. More than 30 days elapsed, and we
received no communication from defendant.
        We find an error in the judgment and in the preparation of the abstract. The court
imposed a $2,400 restitution fine but failed to impose the corresponding parole

1   This appeal does not involve codefendant Northcutt.
2   Undesignated section references are to the Penal Code.
3 The trial court awarded actual days of 1,602 and then stated that it would “let the jail
calculate” defendant’s conduct credits pursuant to section 4019 because the judge did not
“want to do the math wrong.” The conduct credits of 800 days as reflected on the
abstract appear correct. The judge has a duty to calculate presentence custody credit
including conduct credit, not the jail. (§§ 2900.5, subds. (a), (d), 4019.)

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revocation restitution fine (parole fine) in the same amount. (§ 1202.45.) The parole fine
is mandatory in every case where a prison term includes a period of parole. (§§ 1202.45,
3000; People v. Smith (2001) 24 Cal.4th 849, 851-853; People v. Rodriguez (2000)
80 Cal.App.4th 372, 375-376; People v. Terrell (1999) 69 Cal.App.4th 1246, 1255-1256.)
When the trial court imposes a restitution fine (§ 1202.4, subd. (b)), its failure to impose a
parole fine in the same amount (§ 1202.45) results in an unauthorized sentence which
may be corrected for the first time on appeal. (People v. Smith, supra, 24 Cal.4th at p.
853; People v. Rodriguez, supra, 80 Cal.App.4th at p. 376.) We will order the judgment
modified accordingly.
       Also, the court imposed a $40 court operations assessment (§ 1465.8) but it does
not appear on the abstract.4 We will order the abstract corrected accordingly. (People v.
Mitchell (2001) 26 Cal.4th 181, 185.)
       Having undertaken an examination of the entire record, we find no arguable error
that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.
                                      DISPOSITION
       The judgment is modified to provide for a $2,400 parole revocation restitution
fine, suspended unless parole is revoked. (§ 1202.45.) The trial court is directed to
prepare an amended abstract of judgment accordingly as well as correcting the abstract to

4 The trial court’s imposition of the court facility fee and the court operations fee was
jumbled: “I’m also going to impose the – this is a mandatory court facility fee of $830
and a mandatory operation – mandatory court operation fee of $40. I’m sorry. The court
facility fee is $30. I can’t read my own writing. That seemed awful high.”

       In the probation report, there is some handwriting, perhaps the judge’s, that
crosses out the $40 court operations assessment.

       Because the $40 court operations assessment is mandatory and applies to every
conviction for a criminal offense (§ 1465.8; People v. Woods (2010) 191 Cal.App.4th
269, 272), the oral pronouncement prevails here.

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include the $40 court operations assessment (§ 1465.8) and to forward a certified copy of
the amended abstract of judgment to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
As modified, the judgment is affirmed.

                                            BLEASE                   , J.

We concur:

         RAYE                     , P. J.

         MURRAY                   , J.

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