People v. Warner CA3

DISCUSSION

On appeal, Warner contends that pursuant to section 3000.01, this court must clarify the trial court’s judgment to reflect that he would only be on parole for two years. The People respond that the trial court’s statement was only meant to inform Warner of an additional consequence of his convictions. Section 3000.01 governs periods of parole for individuals released from prison on or after July 1, 2020, and who are subject to parole supervision by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation under section 3000.08. (§ 3000.01, subd. (a), added by Stats. 2020, ch. 29, § 18.) It limits, with exceptions not applicable here, the period of parole for an inmate serving a determinate term to two years. (§ 3000.01, subd. (b)(1).) Although the Legislature added section 3000.01, “[it] did not amend the relevant provisions of sections 3000 and 3000.08, which still provide the inmate shall be released on parole for a period of three years. (§ 3000, subd. (b)(2)(B).)” (People v. Tilley (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th 772, 779-780.) When the trial court imposes a determinate term under section 1170, like it did here, the court is required to inform a defendant at sentencing that, after…