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Filed 5/11/16 P. v. Hailey CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Yolo)

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THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

DONALD JAMES HAILEY,

Defendant and Appellant.

C079946

(Super. Ct. No. CRF134456)

Appointed counsel for defendant Donald James Hailey has 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.1 (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 

436.) Finding no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favorable to 

defendant, we affirm the judgment. 

 

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 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.
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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, 124.)

I. BACKGROUND

In October 2013, defendant punched and kicked his wife after she confronted him 

with her suspicion that he was being unfaithful. On April 7, 2014, defendant pleaded no 

contest to inflicting corporal injury on a spouse (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)), admitted 

he had a prior strike conviction (Pen. Code, § 667, subds. (c) & (e)), and admitted he had 

served eight prior prison terms (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b)). The trial court dismissed 

the prior strike conviction in the interests of justice. (Pen. Code, § 1385; People v. 

Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497.)

On May 5, 2014, the trial court sentenced defendant to the middle term of three 

years for corporal injury on a spouse, plus eight consecutive one-year terms for the prior 

prison terms, for an aggregate term of 11 years in state prison. The trial court then 

suspended execution of sentence and placed defendant on formal probation for five years 

on the condition, inter alia, that he successfully complete a 52-week batterers intervention 

program, perform 90 hours of community service through a California nonprofit public 

benefit incorporation or charitable corporation, and report to the probation officer at the 

times and in the manner directed. 

A petition for revocation of probation was filed on or about June 12, 2014, 

alleging defendant had violated probation by being terminated from a batterer’s 

intervention program. Defendant presented proof of enrollment in the MANALIVE 

domestic violence class and the trial court reinstated his probation. 

A second petition for revocation of probation was filed on May 20, 2015. The 

petition alleged defendant had violated probation by failing to report to his probation 

officer. 

A contested hearing took place on August 3, 2015. Defendant’s probation officer, 

Susan Hutty, testified that she had informed him if he ever became homeless, he would 
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have to appear at her office every Monday. During the last week of April 2015, 

defendant informed her he was homeless. Probation Officer Hutty told him to appear at 

her office the following Monday, as previously instructed, but he did not appear. The 

probation officer made several failed attempts to telephone defendant. After defendant 

missed his previously scheduled May 18, 2015, appointment, the probation officer tried 

to reach him through his anger management class but learned from the instructor that he 

had also missed his anger management class. Defendant finally called her on May 27, 

2015. She told him to come to her office the next day whereupon he was arrested. The 

probation officer testified that defendant had also been referred to the MANALIVE 

domestic violence program in June 2014 and again in February 2015, but he failed to 

attend. 

Defendant testified that he did not recall being told he was supposed to report to 

the probation office weekly if he became homeless and did not recall having to report on 

May 18, 2015. He also testified that he lost his cell phone during the first week of May, 

but had obtained a new one that could be reached using the same number. He stated he 

had initially attended the MANALIVE program (commencing around June or July 2014) 

but stopped going after 10 classes (approximately three months) because he could not 

afford it. He did not, however, tell anyone that he had stopped going until November 

2014, nor did he provide anyone with proof of his attendance. He was referred to a less 

expensive class in April 2015, which was the class he missed on May 16, 2015. He had 

tried to take a makeup class on May 18, 2015, but had trouble finding the class. Finally, 

defendant testified that he had provided free labor for a boarding house on the belief the 

boarding house was a nonprofit agency and the work would fulfill his community service 

requirements. He performed this work for three months but lost the piece of paper 

reflecting his hours worked. 

The trial court found defendant had violated the terms of his probation by failing 

to report to his probation officer. Considering defendant also failed to attend the requisite 
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domestic violence classes and failed to perform his community service, the trial court 

declined to reinstate him on probation. Probation was terminated and the trial court 

ordered execution of the previously suspended 11-year term. It also ordered defendant to

pay various fines and fees, and awarded defendant with 512 days of presentence custody 

credit. 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.

II. DISPOSITION

The judgment is affirmed.

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RENNER, J.

We concur:

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NICHOLSON, Acting P. J.

/S/ 

MURRAY, J.