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Filed 2/18/16 P. v. Gamble CA2/2
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B264394

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. BA197710)
         v.

RICKY GAMBLE,

         Defendant and Appellant.

THE COURT:*

         On June 7, 2001, following his conviction on multiple felony charges, including
two counts of robbery, appellant Ricky Gamble was sentenced under the “Three Strikes”
law to a prison term of 110 years to life. On April 2, 2015, he filed a motion for
correction of the record, claiming that at the time he was sentenced in 2001, he was
awarded two few days of presentence custody credits. The trial court granted appellant’s
motion, awarding him an additional two days of presentence custody credits, and ordered
that an amended abstract of judgment issue. On May 20, 2015, appellant timely filed a
notice of appeal.
         Counsel was appointed to represent appellant in connection with this appeal.
After examination of the record, counsel filed an “Opening Brief” in which no arguable

*        BOREN, P. J., ASHMANN-GERST, J., CHAVEZ, J.
issues were raised. We advised appellant that he had 30 days within which to personally
submit any contentions or issues for us to consider. On November 9, 2015, we granted
appellant’s request to have until December 8, 2015, to file a supplemental brief; on
December 10, 2015, we granted appellant’s second request for an extension, giving him
an additional 30 days to file a supplemental brief.
       On January 11, 2016, we received appellant’s supplemental brief. He argues that
he was denied effective assistance of counsel for his trial lawyer’s failure to uncover
alleged evidence of fraud by the prosecution’s two key witnesses. His supplemental brief
is supported by a May 23, 2007, declaration submitted by his wife, Kimi Scudder-
Gamble, in which she attests that she discovered evidence of these witnesses’ fraud.1
Based upon this evidence, he asks that we grant him “habeas relief.”
       We have examined our prior opinion in People v. Rowland (Apr. 23, 2002,
B150789) [nonpub. opn.]) and the entire record, and we are satisfied that appellant’s
appellate counsel has fully complied with his responsibilities and that no arguable issues
exist. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436, 441 (Wende).) We see no indication of
any error. Appellant has failed to demonstrate that but for his counsel’s alleged errors, he
would have obtained a different result. (Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668,
688, 694.)
       Appellant has, by virtue of counsel’s compliance with the Wende procedure and
our review of the record, received adequate and effective appellate review of the
judgment and sentence entered against him in this case. (Smith v. Robbins (2000) 528
U.S. 259, 278; People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal. 4th 106, 123–124.)
       The judgment is affirmed.
       NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.

1      Her declaration is the same one that was submitted to the Court of Appeal in
support of appellant’s prior petition for writ of habeas corpus. On April 15, 2008, that
petition for writ of habeas corpus was denied. (In re Ricky Gamble, B207009.)

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