Opinion
F065632
2013-10-09
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JONATHAN HARRY FIKE, Defendant and Appellant.
Richard Moller, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Office of the State Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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(Super. Ct. No. BF139708B)
OPINION
THE COURT
Before Poochigian, Acting P.J., Detjen, J. and Pena, J.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County. Michael G. Bush, Judge.
Richard Moller, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Office of the State Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Appellant, Jonathan Harry Fike, pled no contest to possession for sale of methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11378). Following independent review of the record pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On December 10, 2011, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Bakersfield Police Officer Clifton Ary was on patrol with Officer Trevor Jones when they observed a Honda Civic being driven in the parking lot of a Toys R Us store with no light on its rear license plate and one brake light off. After the Honda stopped, Officer Jones contacted Fike, the driver, while Officer Ary contacted Fike's brother, who was seated in the front seat. Officer Jones asked Fike and his brother for consent to search the vehicle and their persons and they both consented. The officers then searched Fike and his brother and on each of them found a small baggie containing suspected methamphetamine. In a purse-type wallet wedged between the driver's seat and the console, the officers found approximately five individually packaged bindles of suspected methamphetamine.
On March 2, 2012, the district attorney filed an information charging Fike and his brother with one count each of transportation of methamphetamine (counts 1 & 3/Health & Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a)) and possession for sale of methamphetamine (counts 2 & 4/Health & Saf. Code, § 11378).
On March 28, 2012, Fike's brother filed a motion to suppress.
On April 5, 2012, Fike joined in the motion.
On May 14, 2012, the court heard and denied the motion to suppress.
On May 25, 2012, Fike pled no contest to possession for sale of methamphetamine in exchange for the dismissal of the remaining count charged against him and a mitigated 16-month local jail term.
On August 7, 2012, the court sentenced Fike to the stipulated jail term of 16 months.
Fike's appellate counsel has filed a brief which summarizes the facts, with citations to the record, raises no issues, and asks this court to independently review the record. (People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436.) Fike has not responded to this court's invitation to submit additional briefing.
Following an independent review of the record, we find that no reasonably arguable factual or legal issues exist.
DISPOSITION
The judgment is affirmed.