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People v. Johnson

California Court of Appeals, Third District, Butte
Jul 11, 2011
No. C066587 (Cal. Ct. App. Jul. 11, 2011)

Opinion


THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARD WILLIAM JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant. C066587 California Court of Appeal, Third District, Butte July 11, 2011

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

Super. Ct. No. CM028112

NICHOLSON, Acting P.J.

This case comes to us pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende). Having reviewed the record as required by Wende, we affirm the judgment.

Counsel filed an opening brief that sets forth the facts of the case and asks this court to review the record and determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436.) Defendant was advised by counsel of the right to file a supplemental brief within 30 days of the date of filing of the opening brief. More than 30 days elapsed, and we received no communication from defendant.

We provide the following brief description of the facts and procedural history of the case. (See People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 110, 123-124.)

In October 2007, defendant Richard William Johnson got into a domestic dispute with his girlfriend of nearly a decade because she had unplugged an electric heater during the night. Defendant hit her in the face and head repeatedly, and held her on the bed and continued hitting her to keep her from leaving the home. She sustained a lump on her forehead, a swollen jaw, redness due to broken blood vessels in her eye, and several bruises and scratches on her arms.

Defendant pled guilty to inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)) in exchange for dismissal with a Harvey waiver of a remaining charge of false imprisonment by violence (§ 236). The prosecutor agreed not to seek a prison sentence at the outset. The trial court placed defendant on probation. As conditions of probation, defendant was ordered, inter alia, to serve 90 days in county jail and attend an approved batterer’s treatment program.

Further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

People v. Harvey (1979) 25 Cal.3d 754.

A petition to revoke defendant’s probation was filed on October 14, 2008, alleging defendant had been terminated from the New Beginnings Batterer’s Program without permission of the probation officer and that defendant had failed to report to the probation officer as required. Defendant failed to appear in court and a bench warrant was issued on October 24, 2008.

Defendant was arrested on the bench warrant after a traffic stop on July 11, 2010. He admitted the allegation that he had failed to report to the probation officer and the other allegation was dismissed with a Harvey waiver. The trial court terminated defendant’s probation and sentenced him to the middle term of three years for inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant. Defendant was awarded 171 actual days and 171 conduct days, for a total of 342 days custody credit. (§ 4019.)

Defendant appeals.

Having undertaken an examination of the entire record, we find no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.

DISPOSITION

The judgment is affirmed.

We concur: BUTZ, J., MURRAY, J.


Summaries of

People v. Johnson

California Court of Appeals, Third District, Butte
Jul 11, 2011
No. C066587 (Cal. Ct. App. Jul. 11, 2011)
Case details for

People v. Johnson

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARD WILLIAM JOHNSON…

Court:California Court of Appeals, Third District, Butte

Date published: Jul 11, 2011

Citations

No. C066587 (Cal. Ct. App. Jul. 11, 2011)