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P. v. Morgan
Appellant, Lawrence Buford Morgan, Jr., pled no contest to attempted first degree murder (count 1/Pen. Code, §§ 664 & 187, subd. (a)),[1] first degree robbery (count 2/ § 212.5, subd. (a)), and assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer (count 5/§ 245, subd. (c)). Morgan also admitted a prior prison term enhancement (§ 667.5, subd. (b)), a serious felony enhancement (§ 667, subd. (a)), an allegation in count 1 that the attempted murder was premeditated, and allegations that he had a prior conviction within the meaning of the three strikes law (§ 667, subds. (b)-(i)).
On April 26, 2011, the trial court sentenced Morgan to a “total commitment, [determinate] and [indeterminate], [of] 25 years, four months to life.”
On December 5, 2011, Morgan’s appellate counsel filed a brief which raised no issues and asked this court to independently review the record. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende)). Morgan did not respond to this court’s invitation to submit additional briefing. However, on July 9, 2012, Morgan’s appellate attorney filed a supplemental brief in response to a letter from this court authorizing the parties to file a brief addressing the sentencing issues discussed below and several apparent errors in Morgan’s abstracts of judgment.
Following independent review of the record, we will remand the matter to the trial court for further proceedings.

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