People v. Mena CA2/6

Filed 7/21/15 P. v. Mena CA2/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE, 2d Crim. No. B261292 (Super. Ct. No. F278034) Plaintiff and Respondent, (San Luis Obispo County)

v.

SALVADOR MENA,

Defendant and Appellant.

Salvador Mena appeals the trial court's order denying his petition for resentencing pursuant to Proposition 36, the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 ("the Act"). (Pen. Code,1 § 1170.126.) Appellant is serving a sentence of 25 years to life as a result of his 1999 conviction for possessing a controlled substance in a jail facility (§ 4573.6) and his admission of two prior strikes. The court found that appellant's prior convictions for committing…