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Filed 8/12/16 P. v. Ozuna CA5

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

THE PEOPLE,
                                                                                           F071753
         Plaintiff and Respondent,
                                                                            (Super. Ct. Nos. F15900433 &
                   v.                                                                F13912225)

JON WOLFGANG OZUNA,
                                                                                         OPINION
         Defendant and Appellant.

                                                   THE COURT*
         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County. James A.
Kelley, Judge.
         William D. Farber, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
         Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney
General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Daniel B. Bernstein and Alice
Su, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
                                                        -ooOoo-

*        Before Gomes, Acting P.J., Franson, J. and Peña, J.
       In case No. F13912225, appellant Jon Wolfgang Ozuna pled no contest to
cultivation of marijuana (Health & Saf. Code, § 11358), and he admitted a prior prison
term enhancement (Pen. Code, § 667.5)1 and allegations that he had a prior strike within
the meaning of the Three Strikes law (§ 667, subd. (b)-(i)). In case No. F15900433,
Ozuna pled no contest to second degree burglary (§§ 459, 460, subd. (b)), and he
admitted two prior prison term enhancements and allegations that he had a prior
conviction within the meaning of the three strikes law.
       On appeal, Ozuna contends the trial court erred in case No. F15900433 by
imposing a $50 laboratory fee in that case and ordering him to register as a narcotics
offender. We find merit to Ozuna’s contention and modify the judgment accordingly. In
all other respects, we affirm.
                                         FACTS
       On July 3, 2013, at approximately 12:44 p.m., Sanger Police Officer Abraham
Ruiz discovered 17 marijuana plants growing in Ozuna’s backyard. Ozuna admitted that
the plants were his and that he did not have a “marijuana card” (case No. F13912225).
       On January 9, 2015, at approximately 10:15 a.m., Sanger police officers responded
to a vacant warehouse on a call of a possible burglary. One of the officers arrested Justin
Torres at the warehouse. Ozuna was arrested in a nearby shopping center. During a
postarrest interview, Ozuna admitted having been in the warehouse (case
No. F15900433).
       On November 20, 2014, the Fresno County District Attorney filed an amended
information in case No. F13912225 charging Ozuna with cultivation of marijuana, a prior
prison term enhancement (§ 667.5 subd. (b)) and with having a prior conviction within
the meaning of the three strikes law (§ 667, subds. (b)-(i)). That same day Ozuna pled no
contest to cultivation of marijuana and admitted the other allegations.

1      All further statutory references are to the Penal Code, unless otherwise indicated.

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       On February 18, 2015, the district attorney filed an information in case No.
F15900433 charging Ozuna with second degree burglary (count 1), resisting arrest
(count 3/§ 148, subd. (a)), two prior prison term enhancements, and with having a prior
conviction within the meaning of the three strikes law.
       On April 2, 2015, Ozuna entered his plea in case No. F15900433 in exchange for a
stipulated two-year prison term with execution of sentence stayed and a grant of
probation with a 365-day local term. The agreement also provided for early release to an
inpatient drug rehabilitation program of no less than six months that also had an aftercare
component.
       On April 29, 2015, the court struck the prior prison term enhancements and
Ozuna’s prior strike convictions. The court also sentenced Ozuna to a two-year prison
term on his cultivation of marijuana conviction in case No. F13912225 and to a
concurrent two-year term on his second degree burglary conviction in case
No. F15900433. The court then suspended execution of sentence and placed Ozuna on
probation for three years on the condition Ozuna serve a year in custody with early
release to an approved inpatient drug treatment program with an aftercare component. In
both cases the court ordered Ozuna to pay a $50 laboratory fee pursuant to Health and
Safety Code section 11372.5, subdivision (a) and to register as a narcotics offender
pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11590.
                                      DISCUSSION
       Ozuna contends the court erred in case No. F15900433 by ordering him to pay a
laboratory fee and to register as a narcotics offender because he was not convicted of a
drug offense in that case. Respondent concedes and we agree.
       Section 11372.5 of the Health and Safety Code requires the court to impose a $50
laboratory fee for each drug offense specified in that section that a defendant is convicted
of. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11372.5, subd. (a)).)

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       Section 11590 of the Health and Safety Code requires a person convicted of a drug
offense specified in that section to register as a narcotics offender within 30 days of
coming into any county or city with the chief of police of the city in which he resides or
the sheriff of the county if the defendant lives in an unincorporated area. (Health & Saf.
Code, § 11590, subd. (a).)
       Since Ozuna was not convicted of a drug offense in case No. F15900433, the
court’s orders in that case requiring Ozuna to pay a $50 laboratory fee and to register
pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11590 are unauthorized sentences that we
may correct on appeal. (People v. Valenzuela (2009) 172 Cal.App.4th 1246, 1249.)
                                      DISPOSITION
       The judgment in case No. F15900433 is modified to strike the court’s orders
requiring Ozuna to pay a $50 lab fee and to register pursuant to Health and Safety Code
section 11590. As modified, the judgment in case No. F15900433 is affirmed. The
judgment in case No. F13912225 is affirmed.

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