Opinion
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County. Lee P. Felice, Judge. Super. Ct. No. BF115667A
Gregory Marshall, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
OPINION
Before Vartabedian, Acting P.J., Harris, J., and Levy, J.
On August 4, 2006, at approximately 5:00 p.m., appellant, Ben Ray Hanna, was stopped by Kern County sheriff’s deputies for a traffic violation. Hanna was unable to provide the deputies with a license number or the vehicle’s registration. A record check disclosed he was driving with a suspended license and on parole. The deputies searched Hanna and found 8.2 grams of methamphetamine in his sock. In his car, they found two zip-lock baggies containing several smaller baggies.
On August 22, 2006, the district attorney filed an information charging Hanna with transportation of methamphetamine (count 1/Health & Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a)), possession of methamphetamine (count 2/Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a)), driving on a suspended license (count 3/Veh. Code, § 12500, subd. (a)), having an unregistered vehicle (count 4/Veh. Code § 4000, subd. (a)), three prior prison term enhancements (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b)), and an allegation that he had a prior conviction within the meaning of the three strikes law (Pen. Code, § 667, subds. (b)-(i)).
On October 20, 2006, Hanna pled no contest to transportation of cocaine and admitted the prior conviction allegation in exchange for a lid of four years and dismissal of the remaining counts and enhancements.
On November 29, 2006, defense counsel filed a Romero motion asking the court to strike the prior conviction allegation.
(People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497.
On December 7, 2006, the court denied the motion and sentenced Hanna to a four-year term, the lower term of two years doubled to four years because of Hanna’s prior strike conviction.
Hanna’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 (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Hanna has not responded to this court’s invitation to submit additional briefing.
Following independent review of the record, we find that no reasonably arguable factual or legal issues exist.
DISPOSITION
The judgment is affirmed.