People v. Saunders CA4/2

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 22, 2016E064964California227 words

Opinion

Opinion

DISCUSSION

After defendant appealed, and upon his request, this court appointed counsel to

represent him. Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979)

25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 setting forth a statement of

the case, a summary of the facts, and potential arguable issues, and requesting this court

to undertake a review of the entire record.

We offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, but he

has not done so. Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, we

have independently reviewed the record for potential error and find no error in the court’s

denial of defendant’s petition for resentencing. However, we note that defense counsel,

in the Wende brief, has informed us that the trial court minutes from October 20, 2005,

erroneously stated that defendant admitted a “prior/strike” that was never charged in the

information. Counsel has requested that we order that the error be corrected. We hereby

order that this clerical error be corrected.

DISPOSITION

The court clerk is directed to amend the minutes of the hearing on October 20,

2005, to delete the statement…

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