Court Opinion

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Filed 3/25/13 P. v. Redmond CA2/1
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               IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                    SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE,                                                         B241591

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                  (Los Angeles County
                                                                    Super. Ct. No. TA109095)
         v.

KEVIN LEE REDMOND,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Kelvin
D. Filer, Judge. Affirmed in part and reversed in part with directions.
         James Koester, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
         Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney
General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Taryle,
Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Kimberley J. Baker-Guillemet, Deputy Attorney
General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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       Defendant Kevin Lee Redmond appeals from the judgment entered following
retrial of a prior prison term enhancement allegation and resentencing. Defendant
contends the trial court improperly imposed the prior prison term enhancement twice and
erred in its recalculation of his credits. We agree that the trial court erroneously awarded
defendant conduct credits for the time he spent in prison prior to his resentencing, but
otherwise affirm.
                                     BACKGROUND
       Defendant was convicted by a jury of possessing cocaine base for sale and selling
cocaine base and sentenced to five years in prison, including one year for a prior prison
term enhancement under Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b). (Undesignated
statutory references are to the Penal Code.) On his appeal in case No. B226809,
defendant challenged, inter alia, the adequacy of his admission of the prior prison term
enhancement allegation. We concluded that defendant’s admission was insufficient,
reversed the trial court’s true finding on the enhancement allegation, and remanded for
further proceedings. We expressly stated that the prosecutor would be permitted to retry
the enhancement allegation.
       Upon remand, a court trial was conducted regarding the prior prison term
enhancement allegation. The prosecutor introduced certified records from the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to section 969b to prove the
enhancement allegation. The court found the allegation true and resentenced defendant to
five years in prison, including one year for the prior prison term enhancement, for count 1
(possession of cocaine base for sale) and a concurrent term of four years for count 2
(selling cocaine base). The court stated, “I’m going to impose the one year only one time.
So no additional time is ordered as to count 2.” Nonetheless, the clerk’s minute order and
abstract of judgment indicate that the court imposed, but stayed, the prior prison term
enhancement for count 2.

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                                        DISCUSSION
1.     Enhancement of count 2
       Defendant contends, and the Attorney General agrees, that the trial court erred by
imposing the prior prison term enhancement for both counts 1 and 2. But, as noted, the
trial court expressly declined to impose the enhancement on count 2. The clerk
erroneously included the enhancement in the minute order and abstract of judgment.
Accordingly, we need not strike the enhancement from count 2 as the parties urge, but
will merely direct the clerk to issue an amended abstract of judgment and minute order.
2.     Calculation of credits
       Upon resentencing, the trial court recalculated defendant’s credits as 699 days for
actual custody and 349 days of conduct credits, for a total of 1,048 days.
       Defendant contends that the trial court erroneously awarded him credits under
Penal Code section 4019 for the entire time he had served, both in local custody and in
prison. The Attorney General argues the record is insufficient to determine that the trial
court erred.
       To aid in the resolution of this issue, after notice to the parties and an opportunity
to respond, we take judicial notice of the clerk’s transcript filed in this court as part of the
appellate record in defendant’s prior appeal, case No. B226809. (Evid. Code, §§ 452,
subd. (d), 459.) When defendant was originally sentenced on July 14, 2010, he was
awarded 16 days for actual presentence custody and 16 days for local conduct credits
under section 4019.
       Upon remand for resentencing, the trial court was required to recalculate
defendant’s actual custody credits as of the date of resentencing, including the time spent
in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, but it should not have
recalculated his conduct credits. (People v. Buckhalter (2001) 26 Cal.4th 20, 23, 29, 33–
34.) The court’s award of 349 days of conduct credits demonstrates that it recalculated
defendant’s conduct credits. Absent such a recalculation, the trial court would have
awarded defendant the same 16 days of conduct credits that it awarded him at the original

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sentencing hearing in 2010. Thus, the trial court’s error is apparent from the appellate
record.
       Defendant should have been awarded 16 days for presentence conduct credit plus
actual custody credits equal to the sum of the 16 days of presentence local custody
awarded at the time of the original sentencing plus actual custody credit for the period
from July 14, 2010 to May 14, 2012. Defendant argues he was entitled to 681 days of
actual custody credit for that period, but we calculate the period as just 670 days. We
direct the trial court to calculate the correct actual custody credits upon remand.
       Although defendant had been paroled, as noted in his reply brief, the
miscalculation of his credits is not a moot issue because it will affect the duration of his
parole. (In re Carter (1988) 199 Cal.App.3d 271, 273; People v. Lara (1988) 206
Cal.App.3d 1297, 1301–1303.)
                                      DISPOSITION
       The cause is remanded for the trial court to recalculate defendant’s actual custody
credits as of the date of resentencing, awarding him the recalculated actual custody credits
plus the 16 days for local conduct credit awarded at the time defendant was originally
sentenced. The court is directed to issue an amended abstract of judgment and to correct
its minute order of May 14, 2012 to reflect (1) the correct credits award, and (2) that the
trial court did not impose a Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b) enhancement for
count 2. The judgment is otherwise affirmed.
       NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

                                                   MALLANO, P. J.
We concur:

       CHANEY, J.

       JOHNSON, J.

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