22 P. v. Morris CA1/5
This is an appeal from a postjudgment order denying defendant Phillip Morris’s petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.95 (hereinafter, petition). By this petition, defendant seeks relief from the 15 years to life sentence he received after pleading no contest to second degree murder. Admittedly, defendant shot his wife about 11 times in the heat of an argument.
Defendant’s appointed appellate counsel filed a brief under People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 asserting that he has found no cognizable issue on appeal. Counsel therefore asked this court to conduct an independent review of the record to determine whether any such issue exists.
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