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Date Created: 2022-03-14 23:01:37.235213+00
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Filed 3/14/22 P. v. McCormack CA1/3
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         IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                DIVISION THREE

 THE PEOPLE,
             Plaintiff and Respondent,                                  A162734

 v.                                                                     (Mendocino County Super. Ct.
 DEREK STEVEN MCCORMACK,                                                No. SCUK-CRCR-19-32230)
             Defendant and Appellant.

                                       MEMORANDUM OPINION1
         Derek Steven McCormack pled no contest to arson of an inhabited
dwelling and admitted an enhancement that the fire was set during the
Governor’s declaration of a state of emergency (§§ 451, subd. (b), 454,
subd. (b)). In April 2021, the trial court sentenced McCormack to nine years
in state prison pursuant to the negotiated disposition. The court imposed a
$312 presentence report fee pursuant to former section 1203.1b.
         McCormack raises two claims on appeal. First, he argues the abstract
of judgment erroneously omits the state of emergency enhancement attached

        We resolve this case by memorandum opinion pursuant to California
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Standards of Judicial Administration, section 8.1. Undesignated statutory
references are to the Penal Code. In reciting the sentence, we rely on the
court’s oral pronouncement of judgment. (See People v. Farell (2002) 28
Cal.4th 381, 384, fn. 2.)

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to the arson conviction. Second, he argues the presentence report fee must be
stricken in light of Assembly Bill No. 1869 (2019–2020 Reg. Sess.) which, as
relevant here, makes the unpaid balance of that fee unenforceable and
uncollectible as of July 1, 2021, and requires that any portion of the judgment
imposing such a fee be vacated. (§ 1465.9, subd. (a); People v. Clark (2021)
67 Cal.App.5th 248, 259–260.)
      The Attorney General agrees the abstract of judgment must be
corrected to align with the trial court’s oral pronouncement of judgment and
current law. We accept the Attorney General’s concession.
                                DISPOSITION
      The judgment of conviction is affirmed. The balance of the $312
presentence report fee (former § 1203.1b) unpaid as of July 1, 2021, is
vacated. The abstract of judgment must be modified to reflect that
McCormack was sentenced on his section 451, subdivision (b) conviction, and
his section 454, subdivision (b) enhancement. The trial court is directed to
amend the abstract of judgment to reflect these modifications and to send a
copy of the amended abstract of judgment to the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation.

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                                Rodríguez, J.

WE CONCUR:

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Tucher, P. J.

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Petrou, J.

A162734

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