People v. Reddick CA3

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedFebruary 25, 2025
DocketC101259
StatusUnpublished

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Filed 2/25/25 P. v. Reddick CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published,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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 (Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C101259

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 13F07409)

v.

ANTONIO WAYNE REDDICK,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Antonio Wayne Reddick killed two of his passengers while driving under the influence; he received a sentence of 16 years plus 28 years to life. He appeals for a third time after we twice remanded the matter to the trial court to consider certain sentencing issues in light of newly enacted statutory provisions. Defendant’s appointed counsel asked this court to review the record and determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Defendant filed two supplemental briefs raising multiple arguments regarding the trial court’s decisions to: (1) not strike any of his strikes, (2) impose the middle term on

1 the principal determinate count, (3) impose the minimum restitution fine and corresponding parole revocation fine, and (4) impose consecutive terms. We will affirm. I. BACKGROUND A. Trial Proceedings, First Appeal, First Resentencing, and Second Appeal In 2013, defendant sideswiped a van, drove off at high speed, ran multiple red lights, and crashed into another car, killing defendant’s two passengers, and seriously injuring the driver of the other car. (People v. Reddick (Mar. 6, 2020, C086057) [nonpub. opn.] (Reddick I).) A jury found defendant guilty of two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated (Pen. Code, § 191.5, subd. (a)),1 one count of driving under the influence causing injury (former Veh. Code, § 23153, subd. (a)), one misdemeanor count of hit and run with damage to property (Veh. Code, § 20002, subd. (a)), and one misdemeanor count of driving without a valid driver’s license (Veh. Code, § 12500, subd. (a)). The jury found true that defendant had a prior serious felony (former § 667, subd. (a)) and two prior strikes (§§ 667, subd. (e)(2), 1170.12, subd. (c)(2)). As to the driving under the influence count, the jury also found true that defendant personally inflicted great bodily injury (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)). (Reddick I, supra, C086057.) The two prior strikes were based on a September 12, 2008 conviction for second degree robbery (§ 211), and a September 12, 2008 conviction for attempted robbery (§§ 211/664). According to the probation report, the robbery and attempted robbery occurred on the same day. During the robbery, defendant and three other men entered and robbed the victim’s business, and one of the subjects was armed with a gun. A clerk on duty was punched and knocked unconscious before the subjects took the money and fled in a car. During the attempted robbery, defendant and another man attempted to

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 steal a woman’s purse as she was putting her preschool-age child in her car. One of the two men struck her several times in the face and head, knocking her to the ground. The trial court sentenced defendant to prison for an aggregate determinate term of 24 years, followed by an indeterminate sentence of 25 years to life. On direct appeal, this court conditionally reversed the judgment and remanded the matter for the trial court to conduct a mental health eligibility hearing pursuant to section 1001.36, exercise its discretion whether to strike the prior serious felony enhancement, and to resentence on the great bodily injury enhancement. (Reddick I, supra, C086057.) On remand, the trial court found defendant ineligible for mental health diversion. The trial court struck the punishment for the prior serious felony enhancement and sentenced defendant to prison for a determinate term of 16 years plus an indeterminate term of 28 years to life, including the middle term on the principal determinate count. (People v. Reddick (Dec. 9, 2022, C094388) [nonpub. opn.] (Reddick II).) On appeal, this court remanded the matter for the trial court to consider whether the lower term was appropriate under newly-amended section 1170, subdivision (b)(6) given defendant’s alleged psychological trauma. The trial court was further directed to recalculate defendant’s custody credits. (Reddick II, supra, C094388.) B. Second Resentencing In December 2023, defendant asked the trial court to impose the lower term on the principal count because his childhood trauma contributed to the current offenses. According to defendant, his father was in prison for much of his childhood, and he committed suicide when defendant was 15 years old. Defendant’s mother also physically abused him, and he had been the subject of juvenile dependency proceedings and placed in a group home. Defendant felt abandoned by his mother. An investigator from the public defender’s office interviewed defendant’s stepsister, who is five years younger than defendant. She explained defendant’s behavior “started to change” when he was 11 or 12 years old, with defendant sometimes acting aggressively toward her. Defendant

3 also ran away from home a few times. Their mother “didn’t know how to handle it,” and hit defendant a few times with a belt. Defendant also argued he had a long history of mental illness, including diagnoses for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. He submitted a report from Dr. Melissa Piasecki, a forensic psychiatrist, who opined the stress of being abandoned as a child led to defendant’s substance abuse. And being in the group home led him to associate with “higher-risk peers,” who were “negative role models.” As a result, defendant “developed maladaptive coping strategies and lost opportunities to engage in prosocial activities.” As to the current offenses, defendant said he was experiencing irrational fears about a Crown Victoria following him when he sideswiped the other car, and he was attempting to escape this “perceived threat.” Based on defendant’s statements, as well as statements he made to two prior evaluators, Dr. Piasecki opined the current offense was connected to defendant’s mental disorder, which was exacerbated by his drug and alcohol use, as well as lack of sleep. Dr. Piasecki believed defendant was experiencing a psychosis at the time of the crimes, “with false beliefs of being followed by a threat and a need to escape from potential harm.” Defendant also asked the trial court to strike the prior strikes pursuant to Romero2 and section 1385. Defendant argued the current offenses were related to mental illness and prior childhood trauma. (§ 1385, subd. (c)(2)(D), (E); but see e.g. People v. Serrano (2024) 100 Cal.App.5th 1324, 1338 [the Three Strikes law is an alternative sentencing scheme not impacted by § 1385, subd. (c)].) In addition, defendant was only 24 years old at the time of the strike offenses and therefore lacked proper judgment. Further, the two prior strikes occurred on the same day, “during an aberrant period of behavior.” Defendant’s role in the strike offenses was minimal and he did not use any violence

2 People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497 (Romero).

4 (although defendant offered no evidence to this effect). Defendant also had expressed remorse for the current offenses and participated in rehabilitative self-help programs including a mental health program and a 2022 substance abuse program. Defendant’s brief did not address fines or fees. The prosecution urged the trial court to impose the same sentence as before, including the middle term on the principal determinate count.

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