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Date Created: 2014-12-12 00:02:15.734073+00
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Filed 12/11/14 P. v. Roundtree CA6
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                      SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE,                                                          H040748
                                                                    (Santa Clara County
         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   Super. Ct. No. 210300)

             v.

RICHARD ALLEN ROUNDTREE,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         On March 22, 1999, appellant Richard Allen Roundtree pled no contest to seven
counts of second degree robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 212.5, subd. (c), eight counts of
false imprisonment (Pen. Code, §§ 236, 237), and one count of threatening to commit a
crime resulting in death or great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 422).1 Appellant also
admitted the allegations that he was vicariously armed with a firearm during the
commission of eight of the foregoing counts (§ 12022, subd. (a)(1)), that he personally
used a firearm in connection with six counts within the meaning of section 12022.5,
subdivision (a)(1)), that he personally used a firearm within the meaning of section
12022.53, subdivision (b) in connection with one count, and that he used a firearm within
the meaning of section 1203.06 in connection with six counts. In addition, appellant
admitted: that he had suffered a prior serious felony conviction (§ 667, subd. (a)) as to

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         All future statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise
specified.
13 counts; that he had served a prior prison term (§ 667.5, subd. (b)); and that he had two
prior convictions which qualified as strikes (§§ 667, subd. (b)-(i); 1170.12.). The trial
court sentenced defendant to 50 years to life pursuant to the “Three Strikes” law prior to
its amendment in 2012.
       On January 27, 2014, the appellant filed a petition for recall of sentence under the
Three Strikes Law Reform Act (the Act) and Penal Code section 1170.126. On
January 29, 2014, the trial court denied the petition, finding the appellant ineligible for
re-sentencing under the provisions of the Act because of his current offenses for robbery
and false imprisonment as well as his past strike offenses for “sexually violent offenses.”
Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal on February 26, 2014. This order is appealable.
. (Teal v. Superior Court (Nov. 6, 2014, S211708) ___ Cal.4th ___ [2014 Cal. LEXIS
10481].)
       On appeal, we appointed counsel to represent appellant in this court. Appointed
counsel filed an opening brief pursuant to People v. Serrano (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th 496
(Serrano)), which states the case and the facts but raises no specific issues.
       Pursuant to Serrano, on August 1, 2014, we notified appellant of his right to
submit written argument in his own behalf within 30 days. On August 1, 2014, we
received a supplemental brief from appellant. In his brief, appellant contends that we
should adopt a different interpretation of section 1170.126. He urges this court to adopt
an interpretation which would allow the trial court to consider each of the current strikes
“separately” for the purposes of resentencing under the section. Such an interpretation is
not consistent with either the specific language or spirit of section 1170.126. Therefore,
nothing in appellant’s brief raises an arguable issue on appeal, and we must dismiss the
appeal. (Serrano, supra, 211 Cal.App.4th at pp. 503-504.)
                                        DISPOSITION
       The appeal is dismissed.

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                                    _____________________________________
                                               RUSHING, P.J.

WE CONCUR:

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      PREMO, J.

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      ELIA, J.

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