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Filed 7/30/15 P. v. Fields CA4/2

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           IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                   FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                       E062738

v.                                                                       (Super.Ct.No. FSB031024)

THEODORE ROOSEVELT FIELDS,                                               OPINION

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Michael A. Smith,

Judge. (Retired judge of the San Bernardino Super. Ct. assigned by the Chief Justice

pursuant to art. VI, § 6 of the Cal. Const.) Affirmed.

         William D. Farber, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

         Defendant and appellant Theodore Roosevelt Fields appeals after the trial court

denied his petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.126, known as the

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Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (Prop. 36, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 6,

2012)).1 Defendant filed a notice of appeal on January 22, 2015. We affirm.

                                 PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

         A jury convicted defendant of first degree residential robbery (§ 211, count 1) and

first degree residential burglary (§ 459, count 2).2 Following a bifurcated trial on

defendant’s prior convictions, the trial court found that he had served five prior prison

terms (§ 667.5, subd. (b)) and had four prior serious or violent felony convictions, within

the meaning of sections 1170.12, subdivisions (a) through (d), 667, subdivisions (b)

through (i), and section 667, subdivision (a)(1). The court denied defendant’s motion to

strike the prior convictions, pursuant to People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13
Cal. 4th 497. The court then sentenced defendant to a total indeterminate sentence of 40

years to life in state prison.

         On November 10, 2014, defendant filed a petition for resentencing under section

1170.126. The court denied the petition since defendant’s current convictions were for

the serious felonies of robbery (§ 211) and first degree residential burglary (§ 459), which

made him ineligible for resentencing. (§§ 1170.126, subd. (e)(1), 1192.7, subd. (c)(18) &

(19).)

         1   All further statutory references will be to the Penal Code, unless otherwise
noted.

         2Defendant was also charged with kidnapping to commit another crime (§ 209,
subd. (b)(1), count 3), another count of first degree residential robbery (§ 211, count 4),
and another count of first degree residential burglary (§ 459, count 5). The court declared
a mistrial as to those counts.

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       On January 21, 2015, defendant filed a notice of appeal, in propria persona. The

following day, counsel filed a notice of appeal on defendant’s behalf.

                                       ANALYSIS

       This court appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. Counsel has filed a

brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436 and Anders v.

California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, setting forth a statement of the case, a brief statement of

the facts, and identifying one potential arguable issue: whether the court properly

determined that defendant was ineligible for resentencing under section 1170.126.

       Defendant was offered an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, which

he has not done. Under People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal. 4th 106, we have conducted an

independent review of the record and find no arguable issues.

                                      DISPOSITION

       The judgment is affirmed.

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                                                                HOLLENHORST
                                                                          Acting P. J.
We concur:

MILLER
                          J.

CODRINGTON
                          J.

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