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Filed 2/20/14 P. v. Avakyan CA2/3
                  NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B250746

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. BA331416)
         v.

HARRY AVAKYAN,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Drew E.
Edwards, Judge. Affirmed.

         Stephen M. Hinkle, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant
and Appellant.

         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
       Defendant and appellant, Harry Avakyan, appeals from the trial court’s order
denying his motion for additional pre-sentence custody credits.1 We affirm.
                  FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
       Following a jury trial, Avakyan was found guilty of leaving the scene of an
accident and multiple counts of felony drunk driving. On direct appeal, this court found a
number of errors, including that Avakyan had been awarded an excessive number of pre-
sentence custody credits. (People v. Avakyan (Nov. 8, 2010, B218926 [nonpub. opn.].)
This court, accordingly, ordered the trial court to reduce Avakyan’s custody credits
pursuant to Penal Code section 2933.1 and to forward an amended abstract of judgment
to the Department of Corrections. (People v. Avakyan, supra, B218926.) At proceedings
held on January 28, 2011, the trial court re-sentenced Avakyan and modified the number
of his credits.
       At proceedings held on April 4, 2013, the trial court prepared a minute order
indicating it had “read and considered the correspondence from the Department of
Corrections regarding the defendant’s custody credits awarded on re-sentencing [on
January 28, 2011].” The trial court also indicated it had reviewed the court file from the
matter and the applicable court rules. The trial court then ordered that “the minute order
of [January 28, 2011] be amended, nunc pro tunc, to reflect a total of 684 days [of]
custody credits (595 actual days plus 89 good time/work time days). [¶] [The] [c]ourt
further order[ed] that an amended abstract of judgment be prepared and forwarded to the
Department of Corrections.”
       On June 13, 2013, Avakyan, acting in propria persona, filed in the trial court an
“Emergency Motion to Correct [the] Abstract of Judgment to Reflect Pre-Sentence In-
Custody Credits Pursuant to People v. Brown[] (2012) 54 Cal. 4th 314.”2 On July 16,

1
       A defendant may appeal “[f]rom any order made after judgment, affecting the
substantial rights of the party.” (Pen. Code, § 1237, subd. (b).)
2
     In People v. Brown (2012) 54 Cal. 4th 314 at page 323, the court determined the
amended Penal Code section 4019, which increased the number of pre-sentence custody

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2013, the trial court issued a minute order indicating it had read and considered
Avakyan’s motion and had reviewed the court file. The trial court then denied the
motion.
       On August 14, 2013, Avakyan filed a timely notice of appeal.
                                     CONTENTIONS
       After examination of the record, appointed appellate counsel filed an opening brief
which raised no issues and requested this court to conduct an independent review of the
record.
       By notice filed November 27, 2013, the clerk of this court advised Avakyan to
submit within 30 days any contentions, grounds of appeal or arguments he wished this
court to consider. No response has been received to date.
                                 REVIEW ON APPEAL
       We have examined the entire record and are satisfied counsel has complied fully
with counsel’s responsibilities. (Smith v. Robbins (2000) 528 U.S. 259, 278-284; People
v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436, 443.)

credits available to inmates in some instances, applied prospectively only. Moreover,
Avakyan was not eligible for additional pre-sentence credits as he had been convicted of
a serious felony in that he had inflicted great bodily injury on at least one of the victims.
(See Pen. Code, § 12022.7, subd. (a); § 1192.7, subd. (c)(8); § 667.5, subd. (c); § 2933.1,
subd. (a).)

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                                    DISPOSITION
     The trial court’s order is affirmed.
     NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

                                                ALDRICH, J.

We concur:

             KLEIN, P. J.

             KITCHING, J.

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