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Filed 12/18/15 P. v. Marroquin CA2/5
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION FIVE

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B267624

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. SA086753)
         v.

JONATHAN MARROQUIN,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mark A.
Young, Judge. Dismissed.
         Richard B. Lennon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
         Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney
General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven E. Mercer and
Idan Ivri, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
       Defendant, Jonathan Marroquin, purports to appeal from an order denying his
post-judgment application for resentencing pursuant to Penal Code section 1170.18,
subdivision (a). It has come to our attention that he is the subject of a bench warrant
seeking his arrest. We asked the parties to brief the issue of defendant’s fugitive status
and placed the matter on calendar. We agree with the Attorney General that given
defendant’s fugitive status, his appeal should be dismissed. (People v. Fuhr (1926) 198
Cal. 593, 594; People v. Clark (1926) 198 Cal. 453, 454; People v. Elkins (1898) 122
Cal. 654, 655; People v. Redinger (1880) 55 Cal. 290, 298; People v. Kubby (2002) 97
Cal.App.4th 619, 622-630; People v. Perez (1991) 229 Cal.App.3d 302, 308; People v.
Buffalo (1975) 49 Cal.App.3d 838, 839; People v. Sitz (1913) 21 Cal.App. 54, 55.)
       California’s judicially declared rules concerning fugitive criminal defendants
closely parallels United States Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit jurisprudence. (See
Ortega-Rodriguez v. United States (1993) 507 US 234, 239; Molinaro v. New Jersey
(1970) 396 US 365, 366; Smith v. United States (1876) 94 U.S. 97; Katz v. United States
(9th Cir. 1990) 920 F.2d 610, 612.) Finally, none of defendant’s contentions as to why
we should exercise our discretion and decide the merits of the appeal have any merit.
Defendant argues there were no factual issues to be resolved. Rather, defendant contends
that this is simply a legal matter. With respect, we disagree. Defendant’s right to
resentencing is not automatic and is subject to a judicial finding that he does not present
an unreasonable risk of danger to the public safety. (Pen. Code, § 1170.18, subd. (b);
People v. Rivera (2015) 233 Cal.App.4th 1085, 1092.)
       The appeal is dismissed.
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                            TURNER, P. J.

We concur:

              KRIEGLER, J.                 BAKER, J.

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