People v. Williams CA2/6 ( 2023 )

Filed 12/19/23 P. v. Williams CA2/6
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SIX
THE PEOPLE, 2d Crim. No. B328398
(Super. Ct. No. 2019027191)
Plaintiff and Respondent, (Ventura County)
v.
LATEEF WILLIAMS,
Defendant and Appellant.
Lateef Williams appeals from a judgment of conviction
entered after his plea to one count of second degree burglary.
(Pen. Code, § 459.)1
We appointed counsel to represent appellant in this appeal.
After an examination of the record, counsel filed an opening brief
that raises no arguable issues. On October 2, 2023, we notified
appellant by mail that he had 30 days within which to personally
submit any contentions or issues he wished us to consider. On
October 10, 2023, the notice was returned unopened and marked,
1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code.
“return to sender, not in custody.” Neither appellant nor his
counsel has provided any information regarding appellant’s
current address after his release from custody. No supplemental
brief was filed.
In August 2019, appellant attempted to enter the victim’s
home while she and her three-month-old baby were asleep in the
bedroom. After awakening to a loud noise, the victim observed
appellant walking around the backyard wearing only a t-shirt,
talking to himself and masturbating. Appellant broke a kitchen
window and had his upper body inside the house when law
enforcement arrived and ordered him to stop. He complied and
was arrested.
In January 2023, appellant pleaded guilty to second degree
burglary (§ 459), admitted the aggravating factors (Cal. Rules of
Court, rule 4.421(b)(1), (b)(3)), and also admitted the prior strike
offense (§§ 667, 1170.12). At that same hearing, appellant
pleaded guilty to one count of felony vandalism in a separate case
(§ 594, subd. (b)(1)).
Neither of the charges required mandatory sex offender
registration (§ 290, subd. (c)(1)), there was no discussion of sex
offender registration at the plea hearing, and the sex offender
registration admonition was crossed out on the plea form
appellant signed.
In March 2023, appellant appeared for sentencing on both
matters and was represented by stand-in counsel. The trial court
sentenced appellant to 7 years 4 months with credit for 2,588
days time served. In addition, it ordered him to register as a sex
offender pursuant to section 290.
In April 2023, after appellant was released on parole, his
parole agent filed a petition for revocation alleging appellant had
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failed to charge his GPS monitoring device and possessed drug
paraphernalia.
In May 2023, the parties, along with appellant’s original
attorney, returned to court to address concerns about the terms of
appellant’s sentence. Appellant’s attorney requested the trial
court strike the sex offender registration requirement, or in the
alternative, consider allowing appellant to withdraw his plea.
The trial court took the request under submission.
The trial court granted appellant’s request to strike the
registration requirement and ordered an amended abstract of
judgment to be filed.
We have reviewed the entire record and are satisfied that
appellant’s counsel has fully complied with her responsibilities
and that no arguable issue exists. (People v. Wende (1979) 25
Cal.3d 436.)
Disposition
The judgment is affirmed.
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.
YEGAN, acting P. J.
We concur:
BALTADANO. J.
CODY, J.
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Bruce A. Young, Judge
Superior Court County of Ventura
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Richard Lennon and Olivia Meme, under appointment by
the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
No appearance for Respondent.