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Filed 7/27/15 P. v. Thompson CA2/7
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B261188

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. LA023004)
         v.

TIMOTHY LAMAR THOMPSON,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, William C.
Ryan, Judge. Affirmed.
         Timothy Lamar Thompson, in pro. per., and Richard B. Lennon, under
appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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       Following a plea agreement, Timothy Lamar Thompson was convicted in 1996 of
second degree robbery with special findings he had suffered one serious felony
conviction within the meaning of Penal Code section 667, subdivision (a),1 and three
serious or violent felony convictions within the meaning of the three strikes law. The
trial court sentenced Thompson to an aggregate indeterminate state prison term of
30 years to life.
       On October 24, 2014 the trial court denied with prejudice Thompson’s petition for
recall of sentence pursuant to section 1170.126 on the ground Thompson was ineligible
for resentencing under section 1170.126, subdivision (e)(2), because his current
conviction was for robbery, a serious and violent felony (§§ 1192.7, subd. (c)(19); 667.5,
subd. (c)(9)). Thompson appealed.
       We appointed counsel to represent Thompson on appeal. After examination of the
record, counsel filed an opening brief in which no issues were raised. On March 20,
2015 we advised Thompson he had 30 days within which to personally submit any
contentions or issues he wished us to consider.
       On April 6, 2015 we received a six-page typed response in which Thompson does
not dispute that his 1996 conviction for robbery makes him statutorily ineligible for
resentencing. Instead, Thompson argues the application of section 1170.126 deprived
him of his right to equal protection by depriving him of the opportunity, unlike inmates
serving a third strike sentence for an offense not defined as a serious or violent crime, to
demonstrate that resentencing him as a second strike offender would not pose an
unreasonable risk of danger to public safety. Because those two groups of inmates
serving third strike sentences are not similarly situated, Thompson has failed to state a
viable equal protection claim. (People v. Brown (2012) 54 Cal.4th 314, 328 [first
prerequisite to an equal protection claim is to show state adopted a classification affecting
similarly situated groups in an unequal manner].)

1      Statutory references are to this code.

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      We have examined the entire record and are satisfied Thompson’s attorney on
appeal has fully complied with the responsibilities of counsel and there are no arguable
issues. (See Smith v. Robbins (2000) 528 U.S. 259, 277-284 [120 S.Ct. 746, 145 L.Ed.2d
756]; People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 112-113; People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d
436, 441.)
                                         DISPOSTION
      The order is affirmed.

                                                PERLUSS, P. J.

We concur:

             ZELON, J.

             SEGAL, J.

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