People v. Dynes
Annotate this CaseThe Court of Appeal dismissed defendant's appeal because of the absence of an appealable order. In this case, defendant sent a letter to the superior court and asked for a list of all the violent felony charges that had been changed to nonviolent offenses under Proposition 57, and whether that included second degree robbery. The superior court filed an order that treated defendant's letter as an ex-parte request for resentencing, modification of sentence, reclassification, or recalculation of credits pursuant to Proposition 57. The superior court then denied defendant's request for relief. The court held that the superior court's order that denied defendant's ex-parte request did not involve a final judgment of conviction. Furthermore, it did not affect defendant's substantial rights since the superior court lacked jurisdiction to modify his sentence in the first instance.
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