Court Opinion

ID: 9949433
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-03-11 17:03:30.543171+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:26:04.062485
License: Public Domain

Filed 3/11/24 P. v. Mendoza CA4/1
                   NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or
ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for
purposes of rule 8.1115.

                 COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                       DIVISION ONE

                                              STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE,                                                                  D082101

          Plaintiff and Respondent,

          v.                                                                 (Super. Ct. No. SCN437554)

ANGEL MENDOZA,

          Defendant and Appellant.

          APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County,
Daniel F. Link, Judge. Affirmed with directions.
          William D. Farber, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for
Defendant and Appellant.
          No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

          Angel Mendoza appeals from his second degree attempted burglary
conviction. His appointed appellate counsel filed an opening brief raising no
arguable issues pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende)
and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders); Mendoza did not file a
supplemental brief on his own behalf. Our independent review confirms
there are no arguable issues on appeal except an error in the abstract of
judgment regarding presentence custody credits. We affirm with directions
to correct that error.
               FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
      After he got caught trying to break into an unoccupied house,
prosecutors charged Mendoza with second degree attempted burglary. A jury

convicted Mendoza of the crime. (Pen. Code1, §§ 459, 460, subd. (b), 664).
Mendoza then admitted eight prior felony convictions, four of which were
serious or violent felonies (§ 667, subd. (d)). Denying his motion to reduce the
conviction to a misdemeanor, and to strike his prior serious and violent felony
convictions, the trial court sentenced Mendoza to a one-year middle term for
the attempted burglary, doubled to two years under section 667,
subdivision (e). The court awarded Mendoza 177 days of presentence custody
credits, representing 89 days spent in custody and 88 days of section 4019
conduct credits.
      Mendoza filed a timely notice of appeal. His appointed appellate
counsel filed an opening brief raising no issues and asking us to review the
record for error under Wende and Anders. Counsel identified three potential
issues to assist us in our independent review: (1) whether sufficient evidence
existed to support Mendoza’s conviction; (2) whether the trial court abused its
discretion in denying Mendoza’s request to reduce his conviction to a
misdemeanor; and (3) whether the trial court abused its discretion by not
striking Mendoza’s prior serious and violent felony convictions. Both
Mendoza’s counsel and this court informed him of his right to file a
supplemental brief, but Mendoza declined to do so.

1     All subsequent statutory references are to the Penal Code.
                                       2
                                DISCUSSION
      We have reviewed the entire record as required by Wende and Anders,
and considered the issues identified by Mendoza’s counsel. The abstract of
judgment specifies 80 days presentence custody credits, and therefore does
not accurately reflect the 177 days awarded by the trial court. Otherwise, we
find no arguable issue that would result in a reversal or modification of the
conviction. We therefore affirm the judgment with directions to correct the
abstract of judgment. Competent counsel has represented Mendoza on this
appeal.
                                DISPOSITION
      The abstract of judgement filed on April 28, 2023, shall be amended to
reflect the 177 days of presentence custody credits awarded by the trial court
and a certified copy of the amended abstract shall be sent to the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation. In all other respects, the judgment is
affirmed.

                                                                     RUBIN, J.

WE CONCUR:

O’ROURKE, Acting P. J.

CASTILLO, J.

                                       3