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Filed 6/17/14 P. v. Tafoya CA3
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                      THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                                    (San Joaquin)
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THE PEOPLE,                                                                                  C075143

                   Plaintiff and Respondent,                                    (Super. Ct. No. SF121804A)

         v.

ANGELA RENEE TAFOYA,

                   Defendant and Appellant.

         This appeal comes to us pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436
(Wende).
         On August 22, 2012, defendant was seen in a local Walmart store. With defendant
were two older children, an infant in a stroller, and another child in a shopping cart.
Sharita Sheard, an asset protection associate at Walmart, saw defendant tear “UPC tags”
off of merchandise and hide the merchandise in a diaper bag attached to the back of her
stroller.

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       Sheard followed defendant around the store and watched defendant conceal
numerous other items including but not limited to: toys, clothing, live fish from the pet
department, Enfamil baby formula, and music CD’s. Sheard then watched defendant as
she stood in the McDonald’s inside the Walmart; defendant was watching the front door.
After about 15 minutes, defendant walked out the door with her shopping cart and all the
stolen merchandise.
       Sheard stopped defendant and brought her back inside the store. Along with two
other associates, Sheard found more than 70 stolen items, totaling $495. Sheard
contacted the police (despite defendant’s pleas) and defendant was later charged with two
counts of petty theft with three or more prior theft convictions. (Pen. Code, § 666.)1 The
People further alleged defendant was previously convicted of a serious or violent felony.
(§§ 1170.12, subd. (b), 667, subd. (d).)
       Defendant’s competence was subsequently declared in doubt and criminal
proceedings were suspended pursuant to section 1368. Two physicians were appointed to
examine defendant pursuant to section 1369; they both declared her competent to stand
trial. Defendant and the People then stipulated to defendant’s competence, and criminal
proceedings were reinstated.
       Defendant later pleaded guilty to one count of petty theft with priors. She also
admitted to serving at least one day of incarceration for five prior theft convictions,
admitted she was previously convicted of a strike offense, and admitted she violated her
probation in San Joaquin County case Nos. SF115793A and SF117353A. The remaining
charge and allegations were dismissed.
       The trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregate term of four years in state
prison, awarded her 518 days of custody credits, and ordered her to pay various fines and

1      Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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fees. For violating her probation in case Nos. SF115793A and SF117353A, the trial
court sentenced defendant to an additional 48 months in prison, to be served concurrently
with the sentence imposed in the current matter. The court also ordered defendant to pay
a previously stayed restitution fine totaling $240 in case No. SF115793A.
       Defendant later moved the trial to withdraw her plea. The trial court conducted a
hearing pursuant to People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 118, and appointed alternate
counsel to assist defendant in her motion. Defendant’s motion was later denied, alternate
counsel was relieved, and defendant appealed. Defendant’s request for a certificate of
probable cause was granted.
       We appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. Counsel filed an opening
brief that sets forth the facts of the case and requests this court to review the record and
determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d
436.) Defendant was advised by counsel of the right to file a supplemental brief within
30 days of the date of filing of the opening brief. More than 30 days elapsed, and we
received no communication from defendant.
       Our examination of the record reveals a clerical error in the abstract of judgment.
At sentencing, the trial court ordered defendant to pay a previously stayed restitution fine
totaling $240 in case No. SF115793A. That order was omitted from the abstract of
judgment. Because this is simply a clerical error, we will correct it on appeal and direct
the trial court to prepare a corrected abstract of judgment accordingly. (People v.
Mitchell (2001) 26 Cal.4th 181, 185 [“Courts may correct clerical errors at any time, and
appellate courts . . . that have properly assumed jurisdiction of cases have ordered
correction of abstracts of judgment that did not accurately reflect the oral judgments of
sentencing courts.”].)
       Having undertaken an examination of the entire record, we find no other arguable
error that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.

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                                      DISPOSITION
       The judgment is affirmed. The trial court is directed to correct the abstract of
judgment to include the order that defendant pay the previously stayed restitution fine
totaling $240 in San Joaquin County case No. SF115793A. The trial court is further
directed to forward a certified copy of the corrected abstract of judgment to the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

                                                        NICHOLSON             , J.

We concur:

      BLEASE                , Acting P. J.

      HOCH                  , J.

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