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Date Created: 2023-10-11 21:03:42.946495+00
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Filed 10/11/23 P. v. Quillin CA3
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                IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                      THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                                         (Yolo)
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 THE PEOPLE,                                                                                   C097612

                    Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Super. Ct. No. CR20113853)

           v.

 CHARLES CAMERON QUILLIN,

                    Defendant and Appellant.

         On April 19, 2012, a jury found defendant Charles Cameron Quillin guilty of
murder. (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a).) The jury also found true allegations that, during
the commission of the murder, defendant personally used a firearm causing great bodily
injury. (Id., § 12022.53.) The trial court subsequently sentenced defendant to an
aggregate term of 50 years to life in state prison: 25 years to life for murder, plus 25
years to life for the firearm use enhancement.

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       On July 28, 2022, defendant filed a petition for resentencing under Penal Code
section 1172.61 with the Yolo County Superior Court. Following the appointment of
counsel, briefing, and argument, the trial court denied the petition without issuing an
order to show cause. Defendant timely appealed.
       On July 20, 2023, defendant’s appellate counsel filed a brief raising no arguable
issues under People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 and requesting we exercise our
discretion to review the entire record for arguable issues on appeal. Counsel also wrote
defendant, explaining he would be filing a Delgadillo brief and if defendant failed to file
a propria persona supplemental brief, his appeal would likely be dismissed.
       Also, on July 24, 2023, this court sent a letter notifying defendant: (1) his counsel
filed an appellate brief stating his review of the record did not identify any arguable
issues; (2) as a case arising from an order denying postconviction relief, defendant was
not constitutionally entitled to counsel or to an independent review of the record; and (3)
in accordance with the procedures set forth in Delgadillo, defendant had 30 days to file a
supplemental brief or letter raising any argument he wanted this court to consider. In
addition, we advised defendant that if the court did not receive a letter brief within that
period, “the court may dismiss the appeal as abandoned.”
       Defendant did not file a supplemental brief within the 30 days following the
Delgadillo notice. We consider defendant’s appeal abandoned and order the appeal
dismissed. (People v. Delgadillo, supra, 14 Cal.5th at p. 232.)

1       Effective June 30, 2022, the Legislature renumbered Penal Code former section
1170.95 to section 1172.6. (Stats 2022, ch. 58, § 10.) There were no substantive changes
to the statute. Although defendant filed his petition under Penal Code former section
1170.95, we refer to the current section 1172.6.

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                                     DISPOSITION
      The appeal is dismissed.

                                                    /s/
                                                KEITHLEY, J.

We concur:

    /s/
HULL, Acting P. J.

    /s/
DUARTE, J.

       Judge of the Butte County Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant
to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.

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