Triplett

People v. Triplett

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198 Cal. Rptr. 3d 678·2016 Cal. App. LEXIS 92·244 Cal. App. 4th 824
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 8, 2016C078492California3,799 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Duarte, J.

*826 Defendant Christopher David Triplett appeals from partial denial of his petition to recall his sentence and reduce certain felonies to misdemeanors pursuant to Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act (the Act). He contends his two convictions for second degree burglary should be reduced to misdemeanors and the trial court erred in relying on facts outside the record and misunderstood the law. He further contends, for the first time on appeal, that two of his one-year prior prison term enhancements (Pen.Code, § 667.5, subd. (b) ) 1 should be stricken.

In the published portion of this opinion, we conclude that in determining a defendant's eligibility for resentencing under the Act, the trial court may consider, in addition to the record of conviction, any facts the parties clearly agree to, as long as such facts only augment, and do not contradict or otherwise detract from, the record of conviction. Here, considering the additional facts agreed to by the parties, we find defendant has established eligibility for resentencing as to one of his two second degree burglary convictions. This requires us to reverse the trial court's order declining to find eligibility…

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