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Date Created: 2023-06-15 18:03:37.314597+00
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Filed 6/15/23 P. v. Williams CA4/1
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                COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION ONE

                                         STATE OF CALIFORNIA

 THE PEOPLE,                                                          D081364

           Plaintiff and Respondent,

           v.                                                         (Super. Ct. No. FSB1100344)

 CEDRIC DALE WILLIAMS,

           Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Bernardino
County, Kyle S. Brodie, Judge. Affirmed.
         Cedric Dale Williams, in pro. per.; and Siri Shetty, under appointment
by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

         In 2012, a jury convicted Cedric Dale Williams of robbery (Pen. Code,1
§ 211; count 1); sexual penetration with a foreign object (§ 289, subd. (a)(1);
count 2); and attempted murder (§§ 187 & 664; count 3). The jury also found
Williams was armed with a firearm (§ 12022.5, subd. (a)), personally

1        All further statutory references are to the Penal Code.
discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury (§ 12022.53, subd. (b)), and
that he inflicted great bodily injury (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)).
      Williams was sentenced to prison for 25 years to life for the use of the
firearm plus 29 years and four months for the various offenses.
      In 2022, Williams filed a petition for resentencing under section 1172.6.
The trial court appointed counsel reviewed the record of conviction and held a
hearing. The court found the record demonstrated Williams was the actual
perpetrator (the person who did the shooting) and the jury was not instructed
on the natural and probable consequences theory of liability. The court found
Williams was not eligible for relief under section 1172.6 and denied the
petition without issuing an order to show cause.
      Williams filed a timely notice of appeal.
      Appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to People v. Delgadillo
(2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo), indicating counsel has not been able to
identify any potentially meritorious issues for reversal on appeal. Counsel
asks the court to exercise its discretion and independently review the record
for error under People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende). We notified
Williams of his right to file his own brief on appeal. He has responded by
filing a supplemental brief. We will discuss his brief later in this opinion.
      This appeal does not raise factual issues concerning the offenses for
which Williams was convicted. Accordingly, we will omit a summary of the
facts of those offenses.
                                 DISCUSSION
      As we have noted, appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to
Delgadillo and asks us to exercise our discretion to independently review the
record for error. We grant the request and have conducted an independent
review of the record.

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      To assist the court in reviewing the record and in compliance with
Anders v. California (1967)386 U.S. 738 (Anders), counsel has identified a
possible issue that was considered in evaluating the potential merits of this
appeal: Whether the trial court prejudicially erred in summarily denying the
petition for resentencing.
      In his supplemental brief, Williams does not deny he was the actual
perpetrator of the attempted murder. Somewhat consistently with his
defense at trial, Williams claimed he did not act with implied malice. His
defense was self-defense at trial. He does not dispute the facts of the
shooting and the injuries it caused. Nor, does Williams argue that the jury
was not instructed on liability based on the natural and probable
consequences doctrine.
      Williams does complain at length about the gang enhancement in this
case. However, his discussion does not raise any potentially meritorious
issues for reversal of the order denying his petition for resentencing.
      We have independently reviewed the record consistent with Wende and
Anders. We have not discovered any potentially meritorious issues for
reversal on appeal. Competent counsel has represented Williams on this
appeal.

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                             DISPOSITION
    The order denying Williams’s petition for resentencing is affirmed.

                                                             HUFFMAN, J.

WE CONCUR:

McCONNELL, P. J.

KELETY, J.

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