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Filed 3/23/16 P. v. Grewal CA4/1
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                    COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION ONE

                                           STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE,                                                         D068470

         Plaintiff and Respondent,

         v.                                                         (Super. Ct. No. SCN335445)

BRANDON GREWAL,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Blaine K.

Bowman, Judge. Affirmed as modified with directions.

         Steven S. Lubliner, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

         Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney

General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Arlene A. Sevidal and Andrew

Mestman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

         A jury convicted Brandon Grewal of attempted residential burglary as a lesser

included offense of residential burglary. (Pen. Code,1 §§ 664, 459, 460.) The jury also

1        All statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.
found true an allegation under section 667.5, subdivision (c)(21) that a person, other than

an accomplice was present during the attempted burglary. Grewal admitted one strike

prior (§ 667, subds. (b)-(i)), one serious felony prior (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)) and one prison

prior (§ 667.5, subd. (b)).

       The court sentenced Grewal to a determinate term of 11 years in prison.

       Grewal appeals challenging only the application of section 667.5, subdivision

(c)(21) to the calculation of his credits. Grewal argues, and the People correctly concede,

that section 667.5, subdivision (c)(21) does not apply to attempted residential burglary.

Therefore, the trial court should recalculate his presentence credits. We agree and will

direct the trial court to modify the judgment accordingly.2

                                       DISCUSSION

       Section 667.5, subdivision (a) sets forth a sentencing enhancement for "violent"

felonies. Those violent felonies are listed in section 667.5, subdivision (c). Subdivision

(c)(21) in part defines a violent felony as "[a]ny burglary of the first degree, as defined in

subdivision (a) of section 460, wherein it is charged and proved that another person, other

than an accomplice, was present in the residence during the commission of the burglary."

Case law has established that section 667.5, subdivision (a) does not apply to attempts to

commit any of the listed felonies. (People v. Ibarra (1982) 134 Cal.App.3d. 413, 425.)

       A proved enhancement under section 667.5, subdivision (c) has the effect of

limiting presentence credits to no more than 15 percent of the actual presentence custody.

(People v. Garcia (2004) 121 Cal.App.4th 271, 276; § 2933.1, subd. (a).)

2      The facts of the underlying offense are not relevant to the issue presented on this
appeal. Accordingly, we will not set forth the traditional statement of facts.
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       In light of the fact that Grewal was not convicted of burglary within the meaning

of section 667.5, subdivision (c)(21), the credit limitation of section 2933.1,

subdivision (a) cannot apply. Thus the trial court is required to strike the true finding on

the section 667.5, subdivision (c)(21) enhancement, and to recalculate Grewal's

presentence credits.

                                      DISPOSITION

       The trial court is directed to modify the judgment by striking the section 667.5,

subdivision (c)(21) enhancement and by recalculating Grewal's presentence credits

accordingly. The court is further directed to modify the abstract of judgment to reflect

the changes and to forward the abstract to the Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation. In all other respects the judgment is affirmed.

                                                                              HUFFMAN, J.

WE CONCUR:

              McCONNELL, P. J.

                        BENKE, J.

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