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Filed 3/14/16 P. v. Harville CA4/1
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                       COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                     DIVISION ONE

                                             STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE,                                                        D068707

         Plaintiff and Respondent,
                                                                   (Super. Ct. Nos. SCD259522,
         v.                                                        SCD261948)

WILBERT DOMINIC HARVILLE,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Daniel F.

Link, Judge. Affirmed and remanded for further proceedings.

         Andrea S. Bitar, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

         Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General and Allison V. Hawley, Deputy Attorney

General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

         In November 2014, Wilbert Dominic Harville was charged with two felony counts

for vehicle theft and obtaining a stolen vehicle, and two misdemeanor counts for

possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia (SCD259522, the first case).

Harville pleaded guilty to all counts. The trial court later sentenced Harville to the upper
term of three years for the vehicle theft charge, suspended the sentence on the condition

that Harville serve 365 days in custody with credit of 97 actual and 96 days of Penal

Code section 4019 credit, ordered the payment of certain fines and fees, but stayed the

order pending successful completion of probation. (Undesignated statutory references

are to the Penal Code.) The court imposed the same sentence for the obtaining stolen

property count, but stayed the sentence under section 654. As to the misdemeanor

counts, the court suspended imposition of sentence for three years on the same terms and

conditions as the vehicle theft count and added a year to the suspended sentence for a

prison prior, for a total suspended prison term of four years.

       In April 2015, Harville was released from local custody and placed on probation.

The following month, he was arrested and charged with felony vehicle theft and

obtaining stolen vehicle (SCD261948, the second case). In July 2015, Harville moved

for new counsel under People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal. 3d 118 (Marsden). The trial court

conducted a Marsden hearing and denied the motion. Harville then sought to represent

himself, but the trial court denied the request. Harville made a second Marsden motion

later that month, which the trial court denied.

       A jury found Harville guilty of obtaining stolen property. The trial court

dismissed the vehicle theft charge after the jury returned the verdict form unsigned. At

the sentencing hearing, the trial court lifted the stay on the four-year suspended sentence

from case one and sentenced Harville to an additional eight months, consecutive, on case

two, for a total of four years eight months, to be served locally. The trial court stated it

would not order restitution because the victim did not ask for restitution. The trial court

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calculated custody credits, but did not address any fines or fees. Harville timely

appealed.

       We requested a supplemental letter brief from counsel to address whether the trial

court erred when it failed to address fines and fees at the August 17, 2015 sentencing

hearing and include fines and fees in the abstract of judgment. Both counsel responded to

our request for supplemental briefs.

                                       DISCUSSION

       Appointed appellate counsel filed a brief summarizing the facts and proceedings

below. He presented no argument for reversal, but asked this court to review the record

for error as mandated by People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436 (Wende) and Anders v.

California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders). Counsel listed as possible but not arguable

issues, whether the trial court should have granted the Marsden motions or Harville's

motion for self-representation. Counsel advised Harville of his right to file a

supplemental brief within 30 days of the date of filing of the opening brief. We also

granted Harville permission to file a brief on his own behalf. We received no

communication from Harville.

       At the August 17, 2015 sentencing hearing the trial court declined to order

restitution because the victim did not ask for restitution. This statement satisfied its duty

under subdivision (b) of section 1202.4 to "impose a separate and additional restitution

fine, unless it finds compelling and extraordinary reasons for not doing so and states

those reasons on the record." The trial court, however, failed to mention other mandatory

fines and fees. Failure to impose mandatory fees, fines, penalties, and assessments

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constitutes an unauthorized sentence, which may be corrected by an appellate court even

in the absence of an objection or argument below. (People v. Turner (2002) 96
Cal. App. 4th 1409, 1413-1415.) Accordingly, we must remand the matter to the trial

court to rectify its failure to provide a "detailed recitation of all the fees, fines and

penalties on the record," including their amounts and statutory bases. (People v. High

(2004) 119 Cal. App. 4th 1192, 1200.)

       We have now concluded our independent review of the record and find no other

reasonably arguable issues. Competent counsel has represented Harville on this appeal.

                                        DISPOSITION

       The matter is remanded to the trial court for determination and imposition of all

appropriate mandatory fees, fines, and assessments and correction of the abstract of

judgment. In all other respects, the judgment is affirmed. The trial court is directed to

forward a certified copy of the amended abstract to the Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation.

                                                                                     McINTYRE, J.
WE CONCUR:

HALLER, Acting P. J.

McDONALD, J.

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