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Date Created: 2016-06-22 21:06:44.4535+00
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Filed 6/22/16 P. v. McKenzie CA6
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                      SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE,                                                          H043059
                                                                    (Santa Clara County
         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   Super. Ct. No. CC448878)

             v.

ISRAEL NOEL McKENZIE,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         On April 1, 2005, appellant was sentenced to total term of 5 years plus 25 years to
life. His term consisted of 25 years to life for burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 459/460,
subd. (a)), 25 years to life for receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, § 496, subd. (a)),
which was stayed pursuant to Penal Code section 654, and five years for the serious
felony prior. (Pen. Code, § 667, subd. (a).)
         On February 11, 2015, appellant filed a petition in pro per seeking to be re-
sentenced pursuant to People v. Vargas (2014) 59 Cal.4th 635. (Vargas) On
February 25, 2015, the superior court denied appellant’s petition, finding appellant was
not entitled to resentencing under Vargas. The court found that “As reflected in the
probation report in this case, Petitioner’s six strike priors were for separate instances of
first degree burglary.” On April 27, 2015, appellant was re-sentenced pursuant to
Prop. 47. His term for receiving stolen property, which had been stayed, was reduced to
a misdemeanor and a county jail term was imposed. His effective sentence remained five
years followed by a term of 25 years to life. On October 7, 2015, appellant filed a
petition for sentence recall pursuant to Prop. 36. He alleged that he was eligible for re-
sentencing pursuant to In re Machado (2014) 226 Cal.App.4th 1044 (Machado), review
granted July 3, 2014, S219819, because he had been convicted for an offense that was
neither serious nor violent together with a serious or violent felony. On October 20,
2105, the superior court denied the petition. The court noted that appellant had been re-
sentenced under Prop. 47 on April 27, 2016. The court held that, “Because of that re-
sentencing, there are no remaining felony convictions subject to treatment under the Act,
since the felony in count one is a serious felony and not subject to that law, and the only
other count is now a misdemeanor.” Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal on
December 14, 2015.
       On appeal, we appointed counsel to represent appellant in this court. Appointed
counsel filed an opening brief pursuant to People v. Serrano (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th 496
(Serrano), which states the case and the facts but raises no specific issues. Pursuant to
Serrano, on March 8, 2016 we notified appellant of his right to submit written argument
in his own behalf within 30 days. On March 25, 2015 we received appellant’s
supplemental brief. In his brief appellant reiterates the arguments that he made below,
that pursuant to Machado, supra, 226 Cal.App.4th 1044, review granted July 3, 2014,
S219819, his burglary conviction should be eligible for resentencing under
Proposition 36. Failure to resentence on his remaining felony, now that the companion
offense has been resentences under Proposition 47, he argues, is prejudicial and
discriminatory because both offenses stemmed from a single course of conduct.
       In Machado the court had held that “although [Penal Code] section 1170.126 does
not address eligibility for resentencing where a petitioner’s commitment offenses include
both a felony categorized as serious or violent and a felony that is not so categorized, a
conclusion that nonserious/nonviolent offenses are eligible for resentencing (absent other
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disqualifying factors) is consistent with the language of the statute and would advance the
voters’ intent in enacting Proposition 36.” (Machado supra 226 Cal.App.4th at p. 1048,
review granted Jul. 3, 2014, S219819.) Appellant’s non-serious felony has already been
reduced to a misdemeanor as a result of the Proposition 47 petition. Despite appellant’s
argument to the contrary, his remaining serious felony is not subject to resentencing, even
if that serious felony stems from a single course of conduct as the felony which was
eligible for resentencing. As nothing in appellant’s supplemental brief raises an arguable
issue on appeal, we must dismiss the appeal. (Serrano, supra, 211 Cal.App.4th at
pp. 503-504.)
                                      DISPOSITION
       The appeal is dismissed.

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                                    _____________________________________
                                               RUSHING, P.J.

WE CONCUR:

_________________________________
      PREMO, J.

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      ELIA, J.

People v. McKenzie
H043059

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