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Date Created: 2021-06-28 21:05:36.53872+00
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Filed 6/28/21 P. v. Finley CA1/5

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        IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                 FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                            DIVISION FIVE

 THE PEOPLE,
            Plaintiff and Respondent,
                                                               A159633
 v.
 MARINO WAYNE FINLEY,                                         (Contra Costa County
                                                              Super. Ct. No. 5-180967-2)
            Defendant and Appellant.

                                  MEMORANDUM OPINION1
        After a jury trial, Marino Wayne Finley was convicted of second degree
burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 459, 460, subd. (b))2 and receiving stolen property
(§ 496, subd. (a)). The trial court suspended imposition of sentence and
placed him on formal probation for three years. Finley appeals, contending
the period of his probation must be reduced to two years. We agree.
        At the time the trial court placed Finley on probation, section 1203.1,
subdivision (a), authorized imposition of felony probation “for a period of time
not exceeding the maximum possible term of the sentence” or, where the

       We resolve this case by memorandum opinion pursuant to the
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California Standards of Judicial Administration, section 8.1.
        2
            Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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maximum possible term was five years or less, for a maximum of five years.
(Former § 1203.1, subd. (a), as amended by Stats. 2010, ch. 178, § 75; People
v. Stewart (2021) 62 Cal.App.5th 1065, 1070.) While Finley’s appeal was
pending, the Legislature enacted Assembly Bill No. 1950 (2019–2020 Reg.
Sess.), which limits felony probation to a maximum term of two years for
most felony offenses, with exceptions that do not apply here. (§ 1203.1,
subds. (a), (m); Stats. 2020, ch. 328, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)
      The People concede that the ameliorative amendment applies
retroactively to judgments, like Finley’s, that are not yet final. (People v.
Stewart, supra, 62 Cal.App.5th at p. 1074; People v. Sims (2021) 59
Cal.App.5th 943, 964; People v. Quinn (2021) 59 Cal.App.5th 874, 881, 883.)
We agree. However, the People ask us to remand the case so that the trial
court may correct the probationary term after addressing Finley’s progress
and compliance. (See People v. Lord (2021) 64 Cal.App.5th 241, 246
[remanding for resentencing]; People v. Sims, supra, 59 Cal.App.5th at pp.
947, 964 [same].) We agree with Finley that resentencing in this instance
would waste scarce judicial resources. Nothing stated in this opinion
precludes a party from seeking expungement or modification of Finley’s
probation terms in the trial court. (See People v. Quinn, supra, 59
Cal.App.5th at p. 885, fn. 6.)
                                   DISPOSITION
      The trial court is directed to modify its January 17, 2020 minute order
to specify a two-year term of probation and to notify the Contra Costa County
Probation Department of that modification. In all other respects, the
judgment is affirmed.

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                                         _______________________
                                         BURNS, J.

We concur:

____________________________
SIMONS, ACTING P.J.

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RODRIGUEZ, J.*

A159633

     * Judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County, assigned by the Chief
Justice pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.

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