People v. Mansilla CA5

INTRODUCTION

Appellant and defendant Noel Mansilla (defendant) was convicted of first degree murder and other offenses. He was sentenced to two years four months plus 75 years to life. The trial court subsequently recalled defendant’s sentence pursuant to Penal Code1 section 1172.75, dismissed the sentence imposed for the prior prison term enhancement, and resentenced him to one year four months plus 75 years to life. On appeal from the resentencing, defendant’s counsel filed a brief that summarized the facts with citations to the record, raised no issues, and asked this court to independently review the record. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436; People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216.) Defendant has not filed a supplemental brief. We affirm.

FACTS2

“Defendant and Priscilla Flores were married in 2003 and had three children together. Flores told defendant in 2007 she was ending their relationship and they separated. Flores met [Adolfo] Sandoval in 2010 and they started living together the following year along with Flores’s children. Defendant was upset when Flores told him Sandoval had moved in with her. “During a phone conversation on June 21, 2013, defendant told…