California Court of Appeals, Second District, Third Division
[REVIEW GRANTED BY CAL. SUPREME COURT]
[Certified
for Partial Publication.[*]]
[As Modified on Denial of Rehearing
12/17/2019]
[254
Cal.Rptr.3d 898] APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court
of Los Angeles County, Jose I. Sandoval, Judge. Affirmed.
(Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA454306)
Page 409
COUNSEL
Edward
Mahler, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for
Defendant and Appellant.
Xavier
Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant
Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney
General, Steven D. Matthews and Chung L. Mar, Deputy
Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
OPINION
DHANIDINA,
J.
Page 410
Damion
Wilson pleaded no contest to forcible rape and admitted prior
felony convictions after the trial court denied his
Page 411
Faretta
[1] motion. On appeal, he contends that
the motion should have been granted and that he did not
knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a jury trial
on his priors. We reject these contentions. And, in the
published portion of this opinion, we reject his contention
that he is entitled to remand for resentencing under Senate
Bill No. 1393. Where, as here, the sentence ...