People v. Parks CA3 ( 2023 )

Filed 7/26/23 P. v. Parks CA3
Opinion following transfer from Supreme Court
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Sacramento)
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THE PEOPLE, C092561
Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 95F08570)
v. OPINION ON TRANSFER
CHARLES ANDRE PARKS,
Defendant and Appellant.
This appeal comes to us pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.
In 1997, a jury found defendant Charles Andre Parks guilty of first degree
burglary (Pen. Code, § 459)1 and attempted burglary (§§ 664/459).
In 2014, California voters enacted Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and
Schools Act (Gen. Elec. (Nov. 4, 2014) (Proposition 47), which created a resentencing
provision codified at section 1170.18 that permits a person serving a sentence for certain
1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.
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designated felonies to petition for recall of the sentence to reduce a felony to a
misdemeanor.
Defendant sought application of Proposition 47 to his attempted burglary
conviction, but the trial court denied relief because defendant’s attempted burglary
conviction is not eligible for reduction to a misdemeanor. This court affirmed the order.
(People v. Parks (Feb. 27, 2017, C081928) [nonpub. opn.].)
In October 2019, defendant filed another Proposition 47 petition, which the trial
court denied. Defendant appealed and defendant’s appellate counsel requested that this
court review the record to determine whether there were any arguable issues on appeal.
We determined defendant was not entitled to a Wende review and that his appeal had
been abandoned by his failure to raise any claim of error. Accordingly, we dismissed the
appeal.
Defendant petitioned our Supreme Court for review; that court directed us to
vacate our prior decision and reconsider the matter in light of People v. Delgadillo (2022)
14 Cal.5th 216.
On May 31, 2023, this court sent a letter notifying defendant: (1) his counsel filed
an appellate brief stating a review of the record did not identify any arguable issues;
(2) as a case arising from an order denying postconviction relief, defendant was not
constitutionally entitled to counsel or to an independent review of the record; and (3) in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Delgadillo, defendant had 30 days to file a
supplemental brief or letter raising any argument he wanted this court to consider. In
addition, we advised defendant that if the court did not receive a letter brief within that
period, “the court may dismiss the appeal as abandoned.” Neither appellate counsel nor
defendant filed any briefing after the transfer. Accordingly, we consider defendant’s
appeal abandoned and order the appeal dismissed. (People v. Delgadillo, supra, 14
Cal.5th at p. 232.)
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DISPOSITION
The appeal is dismissed.
/s/
Duarte, J.
We concur:
/s/
Hull, Acting P.J.
/s/
Mesiwala, J.
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