People v. Vega CA4/2 ( 2024 )

Filed 10/29/24 P. v. Vega CA4/2
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent, E083956
v. (Super.Ct.No. INF053543)
MANUEL VEGA, OPINION
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Gregory J. Olson, Judge.
Dismissed.
Richard L. Fitzer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
On November 30, 2006, a jury found defendant and appellant Manuel Vega guilty
of assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1),
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count 1);1 residential robbery (§ 211, count 2) with an enhancement that he personally
used a knife in the commission of the robbery (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)); and one count of
residential burglary (§ 459, count 3) with an allegation that another person, other than an
accomplice, was present in the residence (§ 667.5, subd. (c)(21)). The court thereafter
found true allegations that defendant had suffered three prior strike convictions (§§ 667,
subds. (c) & (e)(1) & 1170.12 subd. (c)(1)), two prior serious felony convictions (§ 667,
subd. (a)), and two prior prison terms (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). The court sentenced defendant
to 35 years to life; the court struck the prior prison term enhancements.2 (Vega, supra,
E041953.)
Defendant appealed. This court affirmed the judgment in part. However, this
court directed the trial court to vacate its finding that defendant had suffered a prior
serious felony conviction for battery with great bodily injury and remanded the matter for
retrial on that issue and to resentence defendant accordingly. (Vega, supra, E041953.)
On remand, the People moved the court to strike the prior serious felony
conviction. The court struck the enhancement and resentenced defendant to
imprisonment for 30 years to life.
On April 23, 2024, defendant filed a request for relief pursuant to Assembly Bill
No. 600 and section 1172.1, which the court denied on May 6, 2024.
1 All further statutory references will be to the Penal Code unless otherwise
indicated.
2 We take judicial notice of this court’s unpublished opinion in People v. Vega
et al. (May 2, 2008, E041953) (Vega), from defendant’s appeal of the judgment. (Evid.
Code, § 459.)
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Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14
Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo), setting forth a statement of the case and requesting that we
independently review the record for error.
We gave defendant the opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief. We
noted that if he did not do so, we could dismiss the appeal; nevertheless, he has not filed
one. Under these circumstances, we have no obligation to independently review the
record for error. (Delgadillo, supra, 14 Cal.5th at pp. 224-231.) Rather, we dismiss the
appeal. (Id. at pp. 231-232.)
DISPOSITION
The appeal is dismissed.
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McKINSTER
Acting P. J.
We concur:
MILLER
J.
FIELDS
J.
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