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                COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION ONE

                                         STATE OF CALIFORNIA

 THE PEOPLE,                                                          D080718

           Plaintiff and Respondent,

           v.                                                         (Super. Ct. No. FWV700893)

 LANCE WILLIAM GREEN,

           Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Bernardino
County, Mary E. Fuller, Judge. (Retired Judge of San Bernardino Sup. Ct.
assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to art. VI, § 6 of the Cal. Const.)
Affirmed.
         Lance William Green in pro. per.; and Kevin D. Sheehy, under
appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
         In 2008, a jury convicted Lance William Green of second degree murder
(Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) and found he personally used a deadly weapon
(a knife) in the commission of the offense. Green was sentenced to an
indeterminate term of 16 years to life in prison.
      Green appealed and this court affirmed the judgment. (People v. Green
(Oct. 5, 2010, D057210) [nonpub. opn.].)
      In 2022, Green filed a petition for resentencing under section 1170.95
(now renumbered section 1172.6). The court appointed counsel, received
briefing, and held a hearing on the petition. At the hearing, counsel noted
Green was the actual killer. Green acknowledges he was the killer in his
petition for resentencing. Given the undisputed fact Green was the actual
killer, the trial court determined Green was not eligible for resentencing
under section 1172.6.
      Green filed a notice of appeal from the denial of his petition.
      Appellate counsel has not been able to identify any arguable issues for
reversal on appeal and has filed a brief pursuant to People v. Delgadillo
(2023) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo). Counsel advised Green and the court that
counsel has not been able to identify any arguable issues and that Green has
the right to submit a supplemental brief. We advised Green that his appeal
would be dismissed if he failed to submit a brief. Green has responded with a
supplemental letter brief.
                                 DISCUSSION
      This appeal is from the denial of a postjudgment petition for
resentencing is being reviewed in accordance with the procedure established
by our Supreme Court in Delgadillo. Accordingly, we address the merits of
the supplemental brief.
      We note Green does not actually challenge the substance of the trial
court’s denial of his petition. He acknowledges he was the actual killer. No
claim has been presented to the effect Green was an aider or abettor or that
he was convicted on a theory of felony murder or natural and probable
consequences arising from aiding and abetting.

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      Green’s supplemental brief does not address the merits of the
resentencing petition or the trial court’s decision on the merits. Rather,
Green challenges his original conviction. He claims his conviction was
unlawful since he was acting in self-defense when he stabbed the victim. He
further argues inadequate medical care provided to the victim was a
superseding cause of death.
      We dealt with Green’s challenges to his conviction in our prior appeal
and upheld the conviction. Nothing in Green’s supplemental brief raises an
arguable issue for reversal on appeal.
      Green has been represented by competent counsel on this appeal.
                                DISPOSITION
      The order denying Green’s petition for resentencing under
section 1172.6 is affirmed.

                                                      HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.

WE CONCUR:

IRION, J.

BUCHANAN, J.

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