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Filed 4/11/13 P. v. Dew 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,
                                                                     A136473
v.
QUENTIN LEE DEW,                                                     (San Mateo County
                                                                     Super. Ct. Nos. SC071279A &
         Defendant and Appellant.                                    SC074181A)

         On August 5, 2010, pursuant to a plea bargain, Quentin Lee Dew entered no
contest pleas to charges of second degree robbery and attempted grand theft in Superior
Court, San Mateo County, case number SC071279A (Case One). (Pen. Code, §§ 212.5,
subd. (c), 487, subd. (a).)1 He also admitted the robbery count constituted a violent
felony conviction (§ 667.5, subd. (c)(9)) and admitted a criminal street gang enhancement
associated with the robbery count. Dew entered his pleas and admissions on the
understanding that the court would strike the punishment attributable to the gang
enhancement and that he would not receive a state prison sentence of more than two
years. Dew’s counsel stipulated there was a factual basis for his no contest plea and
admission. On the prosecution’s motion, the court then dismissed other charges against
Dew in accordance with the negotiated plea.

1
    All undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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       On September 10, 2010, the trial court suspended execution of a 13-year state
prison sentence and placed Dew on probation for a period of four years.2 The court
ordered Dew to serve one year in county jail and, among other conditions, to obey all
laws. The court advised him that if he were to violate the terms of his probation, he
would be sent to state prison for 13 years. Dew accepted these conditions of probation.
       On July 18, 2011, in superior court case number SC074181A (Case Two), the San
Mateo County District Attorney charged Dew with second degree robbery and
participating in a felony street gang. (Pen. Code, §§ 186.22, subd. (a), 212.5, subd. (c).)
The criminal complaint also alleged a criminal street gang enhancement related to the
robbery count and an enhancement for personal use of a firearm. (Pen. Code, §§ 186.22,
subd. (b)(1), 12022.53, subd. (e).) The following day, the probation department filed a
probation violation notice in Case One, and on July 20, 2011, the court summarily
revoked Dew’s probation in that case.
       On September 2, 2011, the prosecutor filed an information in Case Two charging
Dew with one count of felony second degree robbery (§ 212.5, subd. (c)), one felony
count of assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(2)), and one felony count of actively
participating in a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (a)). The information also alleged
a number of enhancements and probation ineligibility clauses. Dew initially entered a
plea of not guilty to all three counts and denied all special allegations set forth in the
information.
       On May 7, 2012, Dew pleaded no contest in Case Two to one felony count of
second degree robbery and one felony count of actively participating in a criminal street
gang. He admitted the robbery constituted a violent felony (§ 667.5, subd. (c)(9)) and
that the gang participation offense constituted a serious felony (§ 1192.7, subd. (c)(28)).
He entered these pleas and admissions with the understanding that the previously
suspended state prison sentence in Case One would be executed and that his sentence in

2
  The suspended sentence included the middle term of three years for the robbery
conviction, a consecutive term of 10 years for the criminal street gang enhancement, and
a concurrent term of eight months for the attempted grand theft conviction.

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Case Two would run concurrent to the sentence in the prior case. Dew waived his rights
under Boykin v. Alabama (1969) 395 U.S. 238 and In re Tahl (1969) 1 Cal. 3d 122, and
his counsel stipulated to a factual basis for the plea. On the prosecutor’s motion, the
court then dismissed the balance of the information.
       Dew then admitted that the robbery conviction in Case Two was a violation of the
condition of his probation in Case One that he obey all laws. He made this admission
with the understanding that the court would execute the previously suspended 13-year
sentence in Case One and after waiving his right to a contested hearing on the probation
violation allegation. The court then revoked Dew’s probation.
       On June 29, 2012, Dew asked the court to appoint counsel to investigate filing a
motion to withdraw his plea and his admission of the probation violation. The court
appointed counsel for that purpose on August 3, 2012. At the sentencing hearing on
August 31, 2012, newly appointed counsel informed the court that no motion to withdraw
the plea would be filed.
       The trial court denied probation and ordered execution of the previously
suspended 13-year prison sentence in Case One. It rejected defense counsel’s request to
terminate probation in Case One and impose a lesser state prison sentence. The court
imposed a concurrent state prison sentence of five years in Case Two, comprised of the
middle term of three years for the second degree robbery and the middle term of two
years for the criminal street gang participation conviction. The court also imposed
restitution fines of $240 (§ 1202.4, subd. (b)), a $160 court operations assessment
(§ 1465.8), a $120 criminal conviction assessment (Gov. Code, § 70373), and a $240
parole/community supervision fine (§ 1202.45) which it suspended unless community
supervision were revoked.3

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  With respect to the fines imposed, the court’s oral pronouncement of sentence differs
from the abstract of judgment. The court’s oral ruling imposes a “$220 restitution fee” in
both Case One and Case Two. The amount of these fines recorded in the abstract of
judgment, however, is $240. On March 18, 2013, Dew’s counsel provided us with a copy
of a letter to the sentencing judge requesting that the abstract of judgment be amended to

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       Dew filed timely notices of appeal from the sentences in both cases on
September 6, 2012. There is nothing in the record indicating that Dew sought issuance of
a certificate of probable cause under section 1237.5. (See Cal. Rules of Court,
rule 8.304(b)(1).) On November 5, 2012, we ordered counsel appointed to represent Dew
in this appeal.
       On February 22, 2013, appointed counsel submitted a brief pursuant to People v.
Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436, certifying that he has been unable to identify any issues for
appellate review. Counsel has also submitted a declaration affirming that he has advised
Dew of his right to file a supplemental brief raising any points which he wishes to call to
the court’s attention. No supplemental brief has been submitted.
                                        DISCUSSION
       As required, we have independently reviewed the entire record and found no
arguable issues. (People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal. 4th 106, 109-110.)
       In addition, Dew’s pleas of no contest in Cases One and Two and his admission of
a probation violation restrict our review to grounds that (1) arose after the pleas and
admission and (2) do not affect their validity. (§ 1237.5; Cal. Rules of Court,
rule 8.304(b)(1), (4)(B); see People v. Billetts (1979) 89 Cal. App. 3d 302, 308-309.)
Moreover, since Dew did not appeal from the September 2010 order granting probation,
and imposing but suspending execution of sentence in Case One, that sentence is final.
(People v. Ramirez (2008) 159 Cal. App. 4th 1412, 1421 [where defendant allows time for
appeal to lapse during probationary period, sentence becomes final and unappealable].)
       In Case Two, Dew received terms of imprisonment authorized by statute. (See
§ 186.22, subd. (a) [punishment for crime of participating in criminal street gang]; § 213,
subd. (a)(2) [punishment for second degree robbery].) In any event, because he pleaded
no contest to the charges pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, we may not consider
any attack on the legality of his sentence in the absence of a certificate of probable cause.
(See People v. Cuevas (2008) 44 Cal. 4th 374, 384.)

correct this discrepancy. As we explain, no other error that this court may address
appears in the sentencing proceedings.

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       The revocation hearing in Case One complied with the due process and procedural
requirements enunciated in People v. Vickers (1972) 8 Cal. 3d 451. Dew was represented
at all times by competent counsel. The court’s decision to revoke his probation is
supported by substantial evidence. (E.g., People v. O’Connell (2003) 107 Cal. App. 4th
1062, 1066.)
                                      DISPOSITION
       The judgment is affirmed.

                                                       _________________________
                                                       Jones, P.J.

We concur:

_________________________
Needham, J.

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Bruiniers, J.

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