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Date Created: 2023-04-05 22:03:03.041581+00
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Filed 4/5/23 P. v. Weaver CA2/8
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                         SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                      DIVISION EIGHT

THE PEOPLE,                                                     B321205

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                              Los Angeles County
                                                                Super. Ct. No. BA449412-01
         v.

CURTIS RAY WEAVER,

         Defendant and Appellant.

     APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los
Angeles Count, Mildred Escobedo, Judge. Dismissed.

     Marta I. Stanton, under appointment by the Court of
Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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      We review this appeal pursuant to People v. Delgadillo
(2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo). We dismiss the appeal.
       On July 14, 2017, a jury convicted appellant Curtis Ray
Weaver of first degree murder in violation of Penal Code section
187, subdivision (a)1 and possession of a firearm by a felon in
violation of section 29800, subdivision (a)(1). The jury found true
the allegation that appellant personally and intentionally
discharged a firearm, which proximately caused great bodily
injury and death. (§ 12022.53, subd. (d).)
       On August 11, 2017, the trial court sentenced appellant to
a term totaling 53 years to life in state prison. This aggregate
sentence included 25 years to life for the murder, plus 25 years to
life for the firearm enhancement, plus the upper term of three
years for the possession count.
       We take the facts of the crimes from our opinion affirming
appellant’s conviction. (People v. Weaver (Sept. 4, 2018, B284523)
[nonpub. opn.].) On July 31, 2016, at a birthday barbeque,
appellant killed Dewayne Parham, Jr. Parham had earlier
intervened to stop an argument between appellant and another
partygoer. Appellant fired two fatal shots to Parham’s abdomen
and back.
       On April 29, 2022, appellant filed a petition for
resentencing pursuant to section 1172.6, formerly section
1170.95. On May 12, 2022, the trial court summarily denied the
petition, finding appellant ineligible for resentencing because he
was the actual killer and the petition was successive. Appellant
filed a timely notice of appeal.

1     Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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      We appointed counsel to represent appellant on appeal. On
February 2, 2023, counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v.
Delgadillo. The brief raised no issues. Counsel advised us she
had told appellant he may file a supplemental brief within
30 days and she had sent him the transcripts of the case as well
as a copy of the Delgadillo brief.
      On February 2, 2023, this court sent appellant a notice that
a brief raising no issues had been filed on his behalf. This court
advised appellant he had 30 days within which to submit a
supplemental brief or letter stating any ground for an appeal he
wishes this court to consider. Appellant was advised that if no
supplemental brief was timely filed, his appeal may be dismissed
as abandoned. Appellant did not file a supplemental brief.
      We decline to engage in independent review of the record
and dismiss the appeal as abandoned. (Delgadillo, supra,
14 Cal.5th at pp. 231–232.)
                        DISPOSITION
      The appeal is dismissed.

      NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.

                                          STRATTON, P. J.

We concur:

             GRIMES, J.                   VIRAMONTES, J.

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