People v. Sanders CA2/3

BACKGROUND

I. The underlying convictions

In 2004 and 2005, three homes in Long Beach were burglarized. (People v. Sanders (Nov. 21, 2007, B189679)

1 All further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 [nonpub. opn.].)2 Sanders lived across the street from one of the burglarized homes, and his thumbprint was found at the burglarized home. In Sanders’s home, law enforcement found property stolen from the homes, including two watches and a coin collection. A jury found Sanders guilty of first degree burglary (§ 459; count 1) and two counts of felony receiving stolen property (§ 496, subd. (a); counts 2 & 3). Sanders then admitted he had two prior convictions within the meaning of the Three Strikes law and a prior prison term within the meaning of section 667.5, subdivision (b). In 2006, the trial court sentenced Sanders, on count 1, to 25 years to life and, on counts 2 and 3, to concurrent terms of 25 years to life. The trial court also imposed two 5-year terms under section 667, subdivision (a)(1), and a one-year term under section 667.5, subdivision (b).

II. Postjudgment proceedings under section 1172.

In December 2022, the trial court determined that…