People v. Fields CA4/2

BACKGROUND

In February 2017 a jury convicted defendant of two counts of second degree

robbery. In bifurcated proceedings, the trial court found defendant had two prison prior

convictions (§ 667.5, subd. (b)), three prior serious felony convictions (§ 667, subd. (a)),

and multiple prior strike convictions (§§ 667, subds. (c) & (e)(1), 1170.12, subd. (c)(1)).

In March 2017 the court sentenced defendant to 25 years to life in state prison,

consecutive to a determinate 15-year term. Relevant here, the court imposed but stayed

execution of one-year penalty enhancements for each of defendant’s two prison priors.

In December 2023 the trial court considered defendant’s eligibility for recall of his

sentence and resentencing under section 1172.75. The court found he was ineligible.

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 In reaching that conclusion, the court noted expressly that it considered several

recently decided cases: People v. Saldana (2023) 97 Cal.App.5th 1270 (Saldana), review

granted March 12, 2024, S283547; People v. Christianson (2023) 97 Cal.App.5th 300,

review granted February 21, 2024, S283189 (Christianson);…