delivered the opinion of the Court.
Defendant appeals from the trial court’s deniаl of his request for review of his sentences for convictions of conspiracy to commit theft, theft, and theft-receiving. We affirm.
On January 19, 1973, a jury found the defendаnt guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit theft, five counts of theft-receiving, and one count of theft, which occurred during a one-year pеriod prior to February 5, 1970. He was sentenced to three and one-half to five years on the conspiracy conviction and to concurrent terms of two to four years on the theft-receiving and theft counts. On appeal from these convictions, this сourt, in
People v. Silvola,
During the pendency of the appeal, the General Assembly amended the sentencing statute to allow indeterminate sentencing. Sectiоn 16-11-304(2)(a), C.R.S. 1973. 1 Thus, after the decision in People v. Silvola, supra, defendant filed a Crim. P. 35(a) motion, requesting probаtion or at least indeterminate sentences undеr the amended sentencing statute. Following a resеntencing hearing, the district court denied probatiоn but granted the motion for indeterminate sentencing and sentenced defendant to an indeterminate tо five-year term for the conspiracy conviсtion and to a concurrent indeterminate to four-year term for the theft and theft-receiving convictions.
Defendant did not file a notice of appeal from the trial court’s ruling on his Crim. P. 35(a) motion; rather, within thirty dаys after imposition of the revised sentences, he filed with the court a “notice and request for review of sentence,” pursuant to section 18-1-409, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vоl. 8). The notice and request was denied by the district cоurt. We affirm.
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Initially, we observe that if this appeal is сonsidered as one from the district court’s ruling on defеndant’s Crim. P. 35(a) motion, his attempted appeal bеfore this court is fatally defective. The filing of a nоtice of appeal is mandatory and a jurisdictional prerequisite for appellate review of a lower court decision.
Watered Down Farms
v.
Rowe,
More significantly, however, defendant’s attempt to have his sentеnces reviewed under section 18-1-409, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), is futile. This court has twice held that this section applies only to offenses committed after July 1, 1972. Because the offenses for which defendant was sentenced wеre committed prior to July 1, 1972, the right of appeаl under section 18-1-409, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), is not available to him.
People
v.
Morgan,
Wе note that the defendant was successful in obtaining relief under his Crim. P. 35(a) motion. The record of that proceeding reveals no abuse of discretion that might justify further relief under
People
v.
Morrow,
The judgment is affirmed.
JUSTICE CARRIGAN does not participate.
Notes
Now section 16-1 l-304(2)(a), C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8).