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Filed 11/8/23 P. v. Gomez CA5

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           IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                     FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

 THE PEOPLE,
                                                                                             F086142
           Plaintiff and Respondent,
                                                                              (Super. Ct. No. PCF331316B)
                    v.

 ALFRED GOMEZ,                                                                            OPINION
           Defendant and Appellant.

                                                   THE COURT*
         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Tulare County. Juliet L.
Boccone, Judge.
         Sylvia W. Beckham, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant
and Appellant.
         Office of the State Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for Plaintiff and
Respondent.
                                                        -ooOoo-
         In a previous appeal, this court vacated the gang-related crime enhancements on
Alfred Gomez’s convictions for murder and attempted murder. (People v. Reyes and

         * Before Poochigian, Acting P. J., Detjen, J. and Snauffer, J.
Gomez (Aug. 1, 2022, F080133 [nonpub. opn.] (Gomez).) On remand, the prosecutor
declined to retry those enhancements, and Gomez was resentenced to 57 years to life in
prison.
          Gomez filed an appeal, but his appointed counsel raised no argument, instead
asking “this court [to] independently review the entire record ….” (See People v. Wende
(1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende).) Having done so, we affirm the judgment.
                                      BACKGROUND
          As stated in Gomez, “This case involve[d] two victims. One was killed, the other
survived. As the victims were walking down the side of a road, Gomez and [Isidro]
Reyes pulled up behind them in a car. Gomez exited, pointed a shotgun at one victim and
pulled the trigger but nothing happened. That victim ran away. Gomez then shot and
killed the other victim.” (Gomez, supra, F080133.)
          For these actions, Gomez was convicted of murder and attempted murder. Both
convictions were enhanced by firearm findings. The jury also found true the gang-related
crime enhancements. (*2, 5) We vacated the gang enhancements, but otherwise affirmed
and sent the case back to the trial court for further proceedings. Ultimately, the gang-
related crime enhancements were dismissed, and Gomez was sentenced to serve 57 years
to life in prison.
                                        DISCUSSION
          Gomez’s appointed appellate counsel filed an opening brief summarizing the
pertinent facts, raising no issues, and requesting this court to independently review the
record. (See Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d at pp. 441-443.) Counsel’s brief also includes a
declaration indicating Gomez was apprised of the opportunity to file his own brief with
this court.
          After counsel’s brief was filed, we likewise invited Gomez to submit a brief. To
date, he has not done so. Having examined the entire record, we find no arguable error
that would result in a more favorable disposition to Gomez.

                                              2.
                            DISPOSITION
The judgment is affirmed.

                                3.