People v. Lashin CA3

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedJune 20, 2014
DocketC072308
StatusUnpublished

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Filed 6/20/14 P. v. Lashin CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Placer) ----

THE PEOPLE, C072308

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. Nos. 62-096644, 62-097616, 62-097795, v. 62-098834)

ANDRE LASHIN,

Defendant and Appellant.

Pursuant to an April 2010 agreement resolving three superior court cases, defendant Andre Lashin pleaded no contest to receiving stolen property (§ 496, subd. (a)),1 second degree burglary (§ 459), corporal injury of a spouse or cohabitant (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)), and being under the influence of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11550, subd. (a)). He admitted that he personally inflicted great bodily

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

1 injury (§ 12022.7, subd. (e)) in the commission of the corporal injury. In exchange for his pleas and admission, several charges were dismissed. At sentencing in May 2010, execution of a prison sentence of 10 years four months was suspended, and defendant was placed on formal probation for five years. (People v. Lashin (July 2, 2012, C065713) [nonpub. opn.], slip opn. at pp. 1-2 (Lashin).)2 Defendant was ordered to pay, among other things, a $400 assessment to the domestic violence fund, a $100 assessment to the Placer Women’s Center, and a $350 fee for the cost of preparing the probation report. (Id. at p. 3.) In a prior appeal to this court, defendant contended the trial court’s written probation order did not accurately reflect the fines and fees it had assessed when pronouncing sentence. He also claimed the court was not permitted to impose a fine in addition to ordering him to make payments to a battered women’s shelter. Defendant’s final contention was that the court did not assess his ability to pay before ordering payment of the costs of preparing the presentence report and probation supervision. (Lashin, supra, at p. 2.) We remanded the matter to the trial court for clarification of its order. (Lashin, supra, at pp. 2, 7.) Specifically, our disposition directed the trial court to “specify whether defendant is required to pay the costs of preparing a presentence report, probation supervision, and drug testing. The court is directed to prepare an amended probation order, or an amended abstract of judgment if defendant is no longer on probation, containing its determinations in this regard, in addition to correcting the amount of the restitution fine, the suspended probation revocation fine, and the payment

2 We treated defendant’s motion for judicial notice of our records in case No. C065713 as a motion to incorporate that case by reference and, as such, granted the motion.

2 to the battered women’s shelter, and specifying the statutory basis for all fines, fees, and costs imposed.” (Lashin, supra, at pp. 7-8.) In August 2012, defendant resolved a fourth case, pleading no contest to misdemeanor driving under the influence of methamphetamine in exchange for dismissal of several related counts and allegations. Defendant admitted, among other things, that his plea constituted a violation of his probation in the three earlier cases. In September 2012, the trial court ordered execution of the prison sentence; imposed a $200 restitution fine, a $40 court security fee and a $30 criminal assessment fee; and ordered execution of a $200 probation revocation restitution fine. In compliance with our remittitur, the matter was referred to the probation department for the preparation of memoranda on credit, fines, and fees. On the fourth case, the trial court sentenced defendant to jail for 90 days concurrent with the prison sentence. In October 2012, the trial court awarded presentence credits in accordance with a memorandum from the probation department. Departing from the memorandum’s recommendation, the court declined to impose a $1,200 probation supervision fee, substance abuse testing fees, a $25 administrative screening fee, and a base fine of $100. The court orally ordered defendant to pay a $200 restitution fine (§ 1202.4, subd. (b)), a $200 probation revocation restitution fine (§ 1202.44), a $120 court operations fee (§ 1465.8, subd. (a)(1)), a $120 court facilities assessment (Gov. Code, § 70373), a $350 presentence probation report fee, a $20 state surcharge (§ 1465.7), a $400 domestic violence fund fee (§ 1203.097, subd. (a)(5)), and a $400 battered women’s shelter fee (§ 1203.097, subd. (a)(11)(A)). Defendant again appeals contending (1) the $20 state surcharge must be stricken because the trial court struck the base fine to which it attaches; the People concede this point; (2) the trial court improperly increased the amount of the battered women’s shelter fee from $100 to $400; (3) the trial court erroneously ordered him to pay various fees without properly evaluating his ability to pay; to the extent the issues have been forfeited,

3 defendant’s trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance; (4) the abstract of judgment does not accurately reflect the trial court’s oral orders; the People concede the point in part; and (5) the trial court failed to award him all the custody credit to which he is entitled. We modify the judgment. DISCUSSION3 I State Surcharge Defendant contends, and the People concede, the $20 state surcharge (§ 1465.7) must be stricken because, in its October 2012 order, the trial court struck the $100 base fine. Section 1465.7, subdivision (a) provides: “A state surcharge of 20 percent shall be levied on the base fine used to calculate the state penalty assessment as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1464.” In this case, the relevant “base fine” was the $100 fine struck by the trial court. Because the court’s action left no base fine upon which a 20 percent surcharge could be levied, the $20 state surcharge must be stricken. II Battered Women’s Shelter Fee Defendant contends the trial court improperly increased his payment to the battered women’s shelter from $100 to $400 in its October 2012 order. We disagree. A. Background The presentence report contained recommended terms and conditions of probation, including a $400 payment to a battered women’s shelter. (Lashin, supra, at p. 2.) At the first sentencing in May 2010, the trial court stated it was “going to adopt the recommendations of probation.” Without indicating that it was, in fact, deviating

3 We briefly summarize the facts of defendant’s offenses in our discussion of presentence credits, post.

4 from that recommendation, the court ordered defendant to pay fines and fees including a “$100 assessment to the Placer Women’s Center.” The court later reiterated that it would “adopt the fines as recommended by probation.” In our prior opinion we noted that, “contrary to the trial court’s statement that it was adopting the recommendations of probation, it orally imposed a payment to a battered women’s shelter . . . that differed from the amount[] recommended in the presentence report.” (Lashin, supra, at p. 4, fn. omitted.) We later reiterated that the court had imposed “a battered women’s shelter fee that was lower than recommended in the presentence report.” (Lashin, supra, at p. 6.) Defendant contended the trial “court was not permitted to impose a fine in addition to ordering him to make payments to a battered women’s shelter.” (Lashin, supra, at p. 2.) We agreed, explaining that “the court was not authorized to order defendant to pay both a fine and an ‘assessment’ to a battered women’s shelter. (§ 1203.097, subd. (a)(11)(A).)”4 (Lashin, supra, at p.

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