People v. Flores CA4/3

INTRODUCTION

In November 2018, Defendant Alejandro Guillen Flores (Defendant) pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder. Several years later, he filed a petition for resentencing pursuant to Penal Code section 1172.6.1 The trial court denied the petition following the issuance of an order to show cause and an evidentiary hearing. Defendant appeals from the order denying his petition for resentencing. Defendant’s appointed counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo) to inform the court that counsel had found no arguable issues and to request that we exercise our discretion to conduct an independent review of the record. Counsel also suggested two issues for our consideration. Defendant was given the opportunity to file a supplemental brief on his own behalf and was given notice pursuant to Delgadillo that if no supplemental brief was filed, the court might dismiss the appeal as abandoned. Defendant did not file a supplemental brief. We nonetheless exercise our discretion to conduct an independent review of the record, (Delgadillo, supra, 14 Cal.5th at p. 232) and find no arguable issues on appeal. We therefore…