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People v. Bracamonte

COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO
Feb 6, 2015
E061233 (Cal. Ct. App. Feb. 6, 2015)

Opinion

E061233

02-06-2015

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FERNANDO MIGUEL BRACAMONTE, Defendant and Appellant.

Mark D. Johnson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.


NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS

California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115 . (Super.Ct.No. INF1200809) OPINION APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Graham A. Cribbs, Judge. (Retired Judge of the Riverside Super. Ct. assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to art. VI, § 6 of the Cal. Const.) Affirmed. Mark D. Johnson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Defendant and appellant Fernando Miguel Bracamonte appeals after the trial court revoked his probation and imposed a prison sentence in the case for which he had been placed on probation. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In May 2012, defendant was charged with two felony counts of corporal injury to a spouse, in violation of Penal Code former section 273.5, subdivision (a). The information also alleged that defendant had one strike prior (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subds. (c), (e)(1), 1170.12, subd.(c)(1)), and four prison term priors (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b)). The information further alleged that defendant had been convicted of two or more prior felonies for purposes of precluding probation, except in unusual cases (Pen. Code, § 1203, subd. (e)(4)).

In July 2012, defendant pleaded guilty to one count of corporal injury to a spouse, and all the other charges and allegations were dismissed. Defendant was placed on probation.

In 2013, defendant was the subject of three separate misdemeanor complaints. A complaint on April 5, 2013, charged defendant with resisting arrest. (Pen. Code, § 148, subd. (a)(1).) A complaint on April 26, 2013, charged defendant with resisting arrest (Pen. Code, § 148, subd.(a)(1)), possession of burglary tools (Pen. Code, § 466), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Health & Saf. Code, former § 11364.1). On June 28, 2013, a complaint charged defendant with resisting arrest (Pen. Code, § 148, subd.(a)(1)) and possession of burglary tools (Pen. Code, § 466). All three complaints alleged that the new charges constituted violations of defendant's probation.

Evidently, the charges in the three complaints were tried together in May 2013. A jury convicted defendant of two counts of resisting arrest, one count of possession of burglary tools, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Based on these convictions, the trial court found that defendant had violated his probation in the spousal abuse case.

In June 2013, the court in the spousal abuse case imposed a prison sentence of three years.

Trial counsel filed a notice of appeal, mistakenly referencing only the misdemeanor case. Upon petition to this court, we ordered the notice considered a timely notice of appeal in the spousal abuse case. Appellate counsel filed a second notice of appeal.

ANALYSIS

Appellate counsel has filed a brief under authority of People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 [87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493], setting forth a statement of the case and identifying one potential arguable issue on appeal: whether the trial court properly found that defendant had violated the terms of his probation. Counsel has also requested this court to undertake a review of the entire record.

We have offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, but he has not done so.

Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, we have conducted an independent review of the record and find no arguable issues. Defendant's new misdemeanor convictions constituted violations of the terms of his probation, e.g., that defendant should "violate no law" during the probation period.

DISPOSITION

The judgment is affirmed.

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS

McKINSTER

Acting P. J.
We concur: MILLER

J.
CODRINGTON

J.


Summaries of

People v. Bracamonte

COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO
Feb 6, 2015
E061233 (Cal. Ct. App. Feb. 6, 2015)
Case details for

People v. Bracamonte

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FERNANDO MIGUEL BRACAMONTE…

Court:COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO

Date published: Feb 6, 2015

Citations

E061233 (Cal. Ct. App. Feb. 6, 2015)