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Date Created: 2021-05-06 17:04:43.746789+00
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Filed 5/6/21 P. v. Mangrum 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,
 v.                                                                     A161064
 CHRISTOPHER TODD
 MANGRUM,
                                                                        (Mendocino County
             Defendant and Appellant.
                                                                        Super. Ct. No. SCUK-
                                                                        CRCR-1895937)

                                       MEMORANDUM OPINION1
         In 2019, Christopher Todd Mangrum pled no contest to possessing a
firearm while under the influence (Health & Saf. Code, § 11550, subd. (e))
and misdemeanor driving with a suspended license (Veh. Code, § 14601.1,
subd. (a)). Mangrum also admitted a prior conviction for driving with a
suspended license within the previous five years (Veh. Code, § 14601.1, subd.
(b)(2)). The trial court suspended execution of sentence and placed Mangrum
on probation for three years. In July 2020, the court determined Mangrum

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

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violated probation. It revoked and reinstated the three-year term of
probation. Mangrum appealed.
      When Mangrum was placed on probation, section 1203.1, subdivision
(a) authorized the court to impose felony probation for up to five years.
(Former § 1203.1, subd. (a).) While this appeal was pending, Assembly Bill
No. 1950 (2019-2020 Reg. Sess.) took effect. (Stats. 2020, ch. 328, § 2.) It
amended section 1203.1 and reduced the maximum probationary term for
most felony offenses to two years. (§ 1203.1, subds. (a) & (m); People v. Quinn
(2021) 59 Cal.App.5th 874, 879.) Mangrum contends—and the Attorney
General agrees—Assembly Bill No. 1950 “should be applied retroactively to
reduce [his] period of probation from three years to two.” (Quinn, at p. 881;
People v. Stewart (Apr. 7, 2021, A157857) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2021 Cal.App.
Lexis 301.) We accept the Attorney General’s concession and reduce
Mangrum’s probationary term to two years.
      We reject the Attorney General’s request to remand the case for
“the trial court to address the probation term.” (Cf. People v. Sims (2021)
59 Cal.App.5th 943, 947, 964 [remanding].) Doing so would waste scarce
judicial resources. Nothing in our opinion precludes either party from
moving to modify the length or terms of probation 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 the July 30, 2020 minute order to
reflect the imposition of a two-year term of formal probation and to notify the
Mendocino County Probation Department of the modification. In all other
respects, the judgment is affirmed.

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                                         _________________________
                                         Rodriguez, J.*

WE CONCUR:

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Simons, Acting P. J.

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Needham, J.

A161064

     * 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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