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Filed 4/22/16 P. v. Mora CA4/2

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           IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                   FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                      E064906

v.                                                                      (Super.Ct.No. INF1301141)

EDUARDO NAVA MORA,                                                      OPINION

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Harold W. Hopp, Judge.

Affirmed.

         Jeffrey S. Kross, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

         Defendant and appellant, Eduardo Nava Mora, appeals from the eight-year

sentence he received after being resentenced. The trial court resentenced defendant in

accordance with this court’s opinion granting, in part, his petition for writ of habeas

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corpus regarding the use of a 2012 conviction to enhance his sentence for a 2013

conviction. We affirm the judgment on resentencing.

                                 I. FACTS AND PROCEDURE

       On September 25, 2013, a jury convicted defendant of first degree burglary (Pen.

Code, § 459)1 and receiving stolen property (§ 496, subd. (a)). The trial court found true

that defendant had two prison term priors (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). The court also found true

that defendant had a serious felony prior (§ 667, subd. (a)) and a strike prior (§§ 667,

subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12), both based on a 2012 conviction for participating in a criminal

street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (a)). The court sentenced defendant to 15 years in prison as

follows: the middle term of four years for the residential burglary, doubled for the strike,

plus five years for the serious felony prior, plus two years for the prison term priors. The

sentence for receiving stolen property was stayed pursuant to section 654.

       In a petition for writ of habeas corpus, case No. E061823, defendant sought to

have his 2013 sentence reduced because the 2012 conviction was for conduct that was

later determined not to constitute a crime. In People v. Rodriguez (2012) 55 Cal. 4th
1125, our Supreme Court held that a defendant cannot be convicted for participating in a

criminal street gang when he or she acts alone, as defendant did in 2012. In the 2013

case, the gang participation prior from 2012 was used as a strike prior to double his four-

year middle term sentence for residential burglary and as a serious felony prior to add

five years. We granted defendant’s petition, in part. However, rather than reducing

       1   All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

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defendant’s sentence by nine years as he requested, we set aside the 2012 conviction for

gang participation, vacated the judgment of conviction dated September 25, 2013, and

remanded to the trial court for resentencing.

       On November 23, 2015, the trial court resentenced as before to two years for the

two prison term priors, and again stayed the sentence for receiving stolen property.

However, the court this time selected the upper term of six years for the burglary, and, as

instructed, did not double the sentence or add the previous five-year enhancement, for a

total sentence of eight years.

       This appeal followed.

                                     II. DISCUSSION

       After defendant appealed, upon his request, this court appointed counsel to

represent him on appeal. Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende

(1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, setting forth a

statement of the case, a summary of the facts and a potential arguable issue, and

requesting this court to conduct an independent review of the record.

       We offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, and he

has not done so. Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal. 4th 106, we

have independently reviewed the entire record for potential error and find no arguable

error that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.

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                                 III. DISPOSITION

     The judgment is affirmed.

     NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS

                                                    RAMIREZ
                                                              P. J.

We concur:

McKINSTER
                       J.

MILLER
                       J.

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