People v. Dolan CA3
── People v. Dolan CA3 ──
Court: California Court of Appeal
Date: April 16, 2026
Category: General
Filed 4/16/26 P. v. Dolan CA3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Lassen)
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THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent, C102930
v. (Super. Ct. No. 2024-
CR0090348)
CHRISTOPHER RYAN DOLAN,
Defendant and Appellant.
Appointed counsel for defendant Christopher Ryan Dolan 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 (Wende).) Our review indicates that in imposing
sentence on defendant, the trial court inadvertently omitted the $300 parole revocation
fine contemplated in the plea agreement. Finding no other arguable error that would
result in a disposition more favorable to defendant, we will modify the judgment to
impose the parole revocation fine and affirm the judgment as modified.
I
Defendant pleaded no contest to second degree murder and admitted an
enhancement allegation that he had been armed with a deadly weapon. Among other
1
things, the plea agreement informed defendant that the trial court would impose a $300
restitution fine and a corresponding parole revocation fine. The trial court sentenced
defendant to 15 years to life in prison for the murder, plus one year for the weapon
enhancement. It imposed a $300 restitution fine, a $40 court operations assessment, and
a $30 criminal conviction assessment. Defendant did not assert that the fine or the
assessments were excessive or that he lacked the ability to pay them. The trial court
credited defendant with 55 days of actual time served.
Defendant obtained a certificate of probable cause.
II
Appointed counsel filed an opening brief setting forth the facts of the case and
asking this court to review the record and determine whether there are any arguable
issues on appeal. (Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436.) Counsel advised defendant of the right
to file a supplemental brief within 30 days of filing the opening brief. More than 30 days
elapsed and we received no communication from defendant.
Our review of the record disclosed that the trial court did not impose a $300 parole
revocation fine under Penal Code section 1202.45.1 We conclude the omission of the
fine was inadvertent and not an exercise of judicial discretion because (1) the parole
revocation fine was contemplated in the plea agreement, (2) the trial court could not
deviate from the plea agreement it had approved (§ 1192.5), (3) defendant never objected
to imposition of a parole revocation fine as contemplated by the plea agreement, and
never asserted a constitutional or other challenge to it, and (4) under the circumstances,
the trial court was required to impose a parole revocation fine in an amount
corresponding to the imposed restitution fine (§ 1202.45; see People v. Kopp (2025)
19 Cal.5th 1, 23).
1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.
2
Having undertaken an examination of the entire record, we will modify the
judgment to im
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