People v. Quinton

Full title: THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ERIC QUINTON, Defendant and…

Court: COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Jul 19, 2013

D063231 (Cal. Ct. App. Jul. 19, 2013)

Opinion

D063231

07-19-2013

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ERIC QUINTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Law Offices of Russell S. Babcock and Russell S. Babcock, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

HUFFMAN

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(Super. Ct. No. SCS172950)

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, David J. Danielsen, Judge. Affirmed.

Law Offices of Russell S. Babcock and Russell S. Babcock, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

In 2003, Eric Quinton was convicted of making criminal threats (Pen. Code,¹ § 422). He admitted two serious/violent felony prior convictions ("strike priors") within the meaning of section 667, subdivisions (b) through (i). Quinton was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 25 years to life.

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.

Following the passage of Proposition 36 (Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012), Quinton filed a petition to recall his sentence pursuant to section 1170.126. The trial court denied Quinton's petition finding that his 2003 conviction for criminal threats was a serious felony and thus Quinton was not eligible for sentence modification.

Quinton filed a timely notice of appeal.

Counsel has filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende)and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders)raising a possible, but not arguable issue. We offered Quinton the opportunity to file his own brief on appeal, but he has not responded.²

2 The facts of the underlying offense are not relevant to the issues before this court. Thus we will omit the traditional statement of facts.
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DISCUSSION

As we have previously noted, appellate counsel has filed a brief indicating he is unable to identify any argument for reversal and asks this court to review the record for error as mandated by Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436. Although counsel has not separately set out the possible, but not arguable, issue as required by Anders, supra, 386 U.S. 738, counsel has cited Anders, and the record and brief make clear there is only one possible issue. That issue is whether Quinton, who is serving a third strike sentence following his 2003 conviction for a serious felony with two strike priors, is eligible for sentence modification under Proposition 36. He is not eligible for sentence modification given that his third strike conviction was for a serious felony.

We have reviewed the entire record in accordance with Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders, supra, 386 U.S. 738, and have not found any arguable appellate issues. Competent counsel has represented Quinton on this appeal.

DISPOSITION

The order denying Quinton's petition for sentence modification is affirmed.

HUFFMAN, J. WE CONCUR:

BENKE, Acting P. J.

HALLER, J.