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Date Created: 2013-10-30 00:03:54.517246+00
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Filed 10/29/13 P. v. Taylor CA2/1
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B247962

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. KA021660)
         v.

MICHAEL DAVID TAYLOR,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, William C.
Ryan, Judge. Affirmed.
         Michael David Taylor, in pro. per.; Jonathan B. Steiner and Cheryl Lutz, under
appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
                                      ___________________________
       Michael David Taylor appeals from an order denying his petition for recall of his
indeterminate life term, under Penal Code section 1170.126, subdivision (b).1 We affirm
the order.
       Taylor was convicted on August 10, 1994 of second degree robbery (count 1) and
attempted second degree robbery (count 2), and received a consecutive sentence of 25
years to life on each count.2 The court resentenced Taylor on August 26, 1996, adding
10 years to his sentence for two prior robbery convictions (in 1984 and 1988) pursuant to
section 667, subdivision (a)(1).
       On November 6, 2012, the California electorate passed Proposition 36 (the Three
Strikes Reform Act) and enacted section 1170.126, which in subdivision (f) permits
defendants serving indeterminate life terms under the “Three Strikes” law to file a
petition in the sentencing court, seeking to be resentenced to a determinate term as a
second striker. Subdivision (e) of the statute provides that a defendant is eligible for
resentencing if he or she is “serving an indeterminate term of life imprisonment imposed
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 667 or subdivision (c) of Section
1170.12 for a conviction of a felony or felonies that are not defined as serious and/or
violent felonies by subdivision (c) of section 667.5 or subdivision (c) of Section 1192.7.”
       On December 3, 2012, Taylor filed a petition for modification of his sentence
pursuant to Proposition 36. The court denied Taylor’s petition on January 22, 2013,
because Taylor’s offenses were serious and/or violent felonies.
       Taylor filed a timely notice of appeal, and we appointed counsel to represent him.
After examination of the record, counsel filed an opening brief raising no issues and
asking this court to independently review the record. Taylor filed a supplemental brief
and other filings, all of which we have considered.

       1   All statutory references are to the Penal Code.
       2   The facts underlying Taylor’s conviction are not material to the issue in this
appeal.

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       Robbery is a violent and a serious felony, and attempted robbery is a serious
felony. (§§ 667.5, subd. (c)(9), 1192.7, subd. (c)(19).) Taylor’s 1994 convictions for
second degree robbery and attempted second degree robbery were for offenses that are
“serious and/or violent felonies,” and so he was not eligible for resentencing pursuant to
section 1170.126, subdivision (f).
       Taylor also challenges his guilty plea in the 1988 robbery conviction that served as
one of the prior convictions in his 1996 resentencing, and asks us to order a hearing on
whether to strike that prior conviction. This issue cannot be raised for the first time on
this appeal from the denial of his petition for modification of his sentence for his 1994
conviction, in which he argued only that robbery is not classified as a serious felony.3
Taylor also argues that at the time of his 1994 conviction, the plain meaning of the term
“robbery” in section 1192.7, subdivision (c)(19) was “armed robbery.” The plain
meaning of “robbery,” however, is simply robbery.
       We have examined the entire record and are satisfied that Taylor’s counsel has
fully complied with his 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.

                                                  JOHNSON, J.

We concur:

              MALLANO, P. J.                      ROTHSCHILD, J.

       3We therefore deny Taylor’s motion for discovery pursuant to Penal Code section
1054.9 regarding his 1988 conviction.

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