People v. Arias CA4/2

• Court: California Court of Appeal
• Decided: September 2, 2025
• Docket: E085248
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Filed 9/2/25 P. v. Arias CA4/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Defendant and Appellant, E085248

v. (Super.Ct.No. RIF1805023)

JOSEPH ANDREW ARIAS, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. David A. Gunn, Judge.

Dismissed.

James M. Kehoe, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Joseph Arias in Pro.

Per. for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance by Plaintiff and Respondent.

1 On the court’s own motion, the appeal filed in the superior court on April 17,

2025, from the trial court’s denial of defendant’s postjudgment petition for resentencing

under Penal Code section 1172.75 is dismissed because it does not affect defendant’s

substantial rights. (Pen. Code, § 1237, subd. (b).) Defendant was not authorized to bring

a petition for resentencing under section 1172.75, and the trial court lacked jurisdiction to

adjudicate his petition. (See People v. Burgess (2022) 86 Cal.App.5th 375, 380-382, 384

[“[S]ection 1172.75 simply does not contemplate resentencing relief initiated by any

individual defendant’s petition or motion.”].) Since the court lacked jurisdiction when it

denied defendant’s resentencing petition, denial of the petition could not have affected

his substantial rights. (People v. Chlad (1992) 6 Cal.App.4th 1719, 1725-1726.)

Accordingly, the order denying defendant’s petition for resentencing is not an appealable

order, and the appeal must be dismissed. (Id. at p. 1725; see People v. Fuimaono (2019)

32 Cal.App.5th 132, 135.)

2 DISPOSITION

The appeal is dismissed.

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FIELDS J.

We concur:

CODRINGTON Acting P. J.

RAPHAEL J.