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Filed 6/18/13 P. v. Williams CA2/6
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               IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                   DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE,                                                                  2d Crim. No. B240934
                                                                          (Super. Ct. No. 2011036452)
     Plaintiff and Respondent,                                                 (Ventura County)

v.

JULIUS DEWAYNE WILLIAMS,

     Defendant and Appellant.

                   Julius Dewayne Williams appeals from a judgment after a guilty plea to one
count of second degree commercial burglary. He admitted he had three prior convictions
and served a prison sentence for each. (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b.)1 The trial court
struck two prior prison allegations, and sentenced him to a three-year term, to be served
in a local facility pursuant to section 1170, subdivision (h)(5).
                   Williams contends, and the Attorney General concedes, that he is entitled to
day-for-day presentence conduct credit under the version of section 2933, subdivision (e)
that was in effect on the date he committed the crime. We modify the judgment to award
Williams the correct amount of presentence credit.

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             All statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise stated.
                   FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
              On August 22, 2011, Williams used a fictitious traveler's check to purchase
an item. Between his arrest and his sentencing on April 11, 2012, he was confined for
182 days. The trial court awarded 272 days of presentence confinement credit, consisting
of 182 days of actual custody and 90 days of conduct credit.
                                        DISCUSSION
              When Williams committed his crime (between September 28, 2010 and
October 1, 2011) conduct credits for defendants convicted of felonies and sentenced to
state prison were governed by section 2933, former subdivision (e). (Stats. 2010, ch. 426,
§ 1.) That version authorized day-for-day conduct credits: "Notwithstanding Section
4019. . . a prisoner sentenced to the state prison under Section 1170 for whom the
sentence is executed shall have one day deducted from his or her period of confinement
for every day he or she served in a county jail . . . from the date of arrest until state prison
credits pursuant to this article are applicable to the prisoner." It did not apply to prisoners
who were required to register as sex offenders or suffered strike convictions, but it did
apply to Williams. Williams was not required to register as a sex offender and he had not
suffered any serious or violent felony convictions.
              While Williams' case was pending, the sentencing statutes were amended as
part of realignment. (Stats. 2011, ch. 15, § 1); Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess. 2011-2012, ch.
12, § 35.) The changes applied only prospectively. (§ 4019, subds. (g) & (h).) Williams
committed his crime before their effective dates. Because of realignment, Williams was
not "sentenced to state prison," within the terms of section 2933, former subdivision (e).
(Stats. 2010, ch 426, § 1.) However, that post-offense change cannot serve to reduce his
credits without violating the constitutional prohibition on ex post facto laws. (See
Weaver v. Graham (1981) 450 U.S. 24, 31.)
                                       DISPOSITION
              The judgment is modified to award appellant credit for 364 days of
presentence confinement, consisting of 182 days of actual custody and 182 days of
conduct credit. In all other respects, the judgment is affirmed. The trial court shall

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prepare a corrected abstract of judgment and send a certified copy to the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation.
             NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

                                         GILBERT, P.J.

We concur:

             YEGAN, J.

             PERREN, J.

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                                  Nancy Ayers, Judge

                            Superior Court County of Ventura

                           ______________________________

             Richard B. Lennon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for
Defendant and Appellant.

             Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant
Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Blythe J.
Leszkay, Michael Katz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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