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People v. Colby

California Court of Appeals, Second District, Fifth Division
May 25, 2007
No. B197420 (Cal. Ct. App. May. 25, 2007)

Opinion


THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CLINTON LEE COLBY, Defendant and Appellant. B197420 California Court of Appeal, Second District, Fifth Division May 25, 2007

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Karen Joy Nudell, Judge, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. LA052759

Richard L. Fitzer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Susan D. Martynec, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Marc E. Turchin, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

TURNER, P. J.

Defendant, Clinton Lee Colby, purports to appeal after he pled nolo contendere to a felony charge. Defendant’s probable cause certificate issuance request was denied and it appeared he could not therefore appeal. We have a duty to raise issues concerning our jurisdiction on our own motion. (Jennings v. Marralle (1994) 8 Cal.4th 121, 126; Olson v. Cory (1983) 35 Cal.3d 390, 398.) Thus, we issued an order to show cause concerning possible dismissal of the appeal. Defendant has failed to fully and timely comply with both Penal Code section 1237.5 and California Rules of Court, rule 8.304(b). (In re Chavez (2003) 30 Cal.4th 643, 651; People v. Mendez (1999) 19 Cal.4th 1084, 1099; People v. Way (2003) 113 Cal.App.4th 733, 736.) Without a probable cause certificate, defendant cannot appeal. (People v. Kaanehe (1977) 19 Cal.3d 1, 8; People v. Ribero (1971) 4 Cal.3d 55, 61; People v. West (1970) 3 Cal.3d 595, 600-601; People v. Ward (1967) 66 Cal.2d 571, 574-576.)

The appeal is dismissed.

We concur: ARMSTRONG, J., KRIEGLER, J.


Summaries of

People v. Colby

California Court of Appeals, Second District, Fifth Division
May 25, 2007
No. B197420 (Cal. Ct. App. May. 25, 2007)
Case details for

People v. Colby

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CLINTON LEE COLBY, Defendant and…

Court:California Court of Appeals, Second District, Fifth Division

Date published: May 25, 2007

Citations

No. B197420 (Cal. Ct. App. May. 25, 2007)