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Filed 12/2/15 P. v. Guilliam 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,                                       E063855

v.                                                                       (Super.Ct.No. FWV1404511)

CHRISTOPHER DANIEL GUILLIAM,                                             OPINION

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Gerard S. Brown,

Judge. Affirmed.

         Kyle D. Smith, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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                      FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

       A.      PROCEDURAL HISTORY

       On October 22, 2014, a felony complaint charged defendant and appellant

Christopher Daniel Guilliam with one count of second degree commercial burglary under

Penal Code1 section 459.

       On October 31, 2014, defendant pled guilty. The trial court granted defendant

probation for 36 months. As a condition of his probation, the court ordered defendant to

serve 180 days in jail. The court also ordered defendant to pay a crime prevention fine of

$41 under section 1202.5; a restitution fine of $300 under section 1202.4; and a court

operations assessment of $60 under section 1465.8, subdivision (a)(1), and Government

Code section 70373, subdivision (a)(1). The court also ordered and stayed a $300

probation revocation fine pending successful completion of probation under section

1202.44.

       The court further ordered defendant to make restitution to the victim. On

November 20, 2014, a probation officer submitted a restitution memorandum indicating

the victim’s losses amounted to $823. However, since the victim failed to submit

documents supporting that amount, the probation officer recommended defendant pay

$375 in restitution—the amount of cash the victim reported was missing. On December

2, 2014, the trial court followed probation’s recommendation and ordered defendant to

pay the victim $375 in restitution.

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

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       On December 11, 2014, the court revoked defendant’s probation for failure to

report to his probation officer; an arrest warrant was issued. Defendant was apprehended

in March of 2014.

       Probation submitted a second restitution memorandum on May 28, 2015. The new

restitution memorandum indicated the victim was claiming losses in the amount of

$1,255. Again, no confirming documents were provided but the probation officer did

recommended the restitution award be increased to $475.

       Also on May 28, 2015, defendant’s counsel made a motion pursuant to section

1170.18 (Proposition 47), to reduce defendant’s charge to a misdemeanor. The trial court

denied the motion because the theft occurred after regular business hours, and further,

that the offense did not qualify as “shoplifting” under section 459.5, subdivision (a). The

court modified defendant’s probation order, requiring him to serve 220 days in county

jail; thereafter, defendant’s probation was reinstated.

       On June 22, 2015, defendant filed a timely notice of appeal.

       B.     FACTUAL HISTORY2

       On October 21, 2014, at around 10: 30 a.m., the victim arrived at his barber shop

to open for the day. Upon entering the shop, he realized both the cash register and

change dispenser were missing, and the back door of the shop was open. The victim

reviewed video surveillance and recognized the suspect; he called the sheriff’s

department.

       2The parties stipulated that the police reports would serve as the factual basis of
defendant’s guilty plea.

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       An hour later, Deputy Mena arrived at the shop and interviewed the victim. The

deputy also watched the surveillance video and noted the suspect’s description in the

report. At approximately 12:30 p.m., an “informant” advised the deputy that a possible

suspect was in the parking lot of a nearby grocery store. The deputy made contact with

the suspect; the suspect was later identified as defendant.

       Defendant agreed to accompany Deputy Mena to the sheriff’s station. While

being interviewed, defendant admitted that he had committed the theft. Defendant said

he pried open the back door and entered the shop; he then removed the cash register and

change dispenser.

                                      DISCUSSION

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

represent him. 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 potential arguable issues, and requesting this court

to undertake a review of the entire record.

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

has not done so.

       In appellate counsel’s brief before this court, counsel argues as a potential issue

whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s petition for resentencing under

Proposition 47.

       On November 4, 2014, voters enacted Proposition 47, and it went into effect the

next day. (Cal. Const., art. II, § 10, subd. (a).) “Proposition 47 makes certain drug- and

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theft-related offenses misdemeanors, unless the offenses were committed by certain

ineligible defendants. These offenses had previously been designated as either felonies

or wobblers (crimes that can be punished as either felonies or misdemeanors).” (People

v. Rivera (2015) 233 Cal. App. 4th 1085, 1091.) “Proposition 47 also created a new

resentencing provision: section 1170.18. Under section 1170.18, a person ‘currently

serving’ a felony sentence for an offense that is now a misdemeanor under Proposition

47, may petition for a recall of that sentence and request resentencing in accordance with

the statutes that were added or amended by Proposition 47.” (Id. at p. 1092; see

§ 1170.18, subd. (a).) A person who has already completed a felony sentence for an

offense that is now a misdemeanor under Proposition 47 “may file an application before

the trial court that entered the judgment of conviction in his or her case to have the felony

conviction or convictions designated as misdemeanors.” (§ 1170.18, subd. (f).)

       As relevant to the present case, Proposition 47 added section 459.5, which

provides in part as follows: “Notwithstanding Section 459, shoplifting is defined as

entering a commercial establishment with intent to commit larceny while that

establishment is open during regular business hours, where the value of the property that

is taken or intended to be taken does not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars ($950).”

(§ 459.5, subd. (a), italics added.) Shoplifting, as newly defined in section 459.5, is a

misdemeanor, unless the offense was committed by certain ineligible defendants.

(§ 459.5, subd. (a).)

       In this case, defendant committed the crime of burglary at the victim’s shop, when

that business was not open for business. Hence, defendant’s crime did not qualify as

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shoplifting, a misdemeanor under section 459.5. The court, therefore, did not err in

finding that defendant was ineligible for resentencing under Proposition 47.

       Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal. 4th 106, we have

independently reviewed the record for potential error and find no error.

                                        DISPOSITION

       The judgment is affirmed.

       NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS

                                                        MILLER
                                                                                       J.

We concur:

KING
                       Acting P. J.

CODRINGTON
                                   J.

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