Filed 4/10/15 P. v. W illiams CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

RICHARD ALVIN WILLIAMS,

Defendant and Appellant. D066153

(Super. Ct. No. JCF31693)

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Imperial County, Poli Flores,

Jr., Judge. Affirmed.

Janice R. Mazur, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appella nt.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

A jury convicted Richard Alvin Williams of one count of assault with a deadly

weapon (Pen

. Code

, 1 § 245, subd. (a)(1) ) and one count of mayhem (§ 203). The jury

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.2

also found true a serious felony prior convi ction (§ 667, subd. (a)(1) ) and one strike prior

(§ 667, subds. (b)

- (i)).

The court imposed a combined sentence of 16 years in prison on count 2

. The

court stayed a four

- year term for count 1 pursuant to section 654.

Williams filed a notice of appea l.

Counsel has filed a brief pursuant to People v

. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436

( Wende ), indicating she is unable to identify any reasonably arguable issues for reversal

on appeal. Counsel request s this court to review the record for error as mandated by

Wende . We offered Williams the opportunity to file his own brief on appeal but he has

not responded.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

At about 8:00 p.m. on September 1 6 , 2013 the victim, Kathryn Cobb

, and her

sister Britney were at the home of Williams ' s father Morga n Williams

. 2 At some point

the victim went into the kitchen. There she encountered Williams, who rushed at her,

stabbed her in the left ear and said: " What ' s up bitch? "

When the victim screamed, her sister and Morgan ran into the kitchen. Morgan

got between Williams and the victim and took the knife away from Williams. The victim

was taken to the hospital where she received seven stitches for her wound.

2 We will refer to Williams ' s father as Morgan for clarity. No disrespect is intended.3

Morgan called the s heriff ' s o ffice and met the responding deputy outside the

house. Morgan to ld the d eputy that his son had stabbed someone and that he had taken

the knife from him. Morgan took the d eputy into the house for further investigation.

Defense

Williams testified in his own behalf. He testified that although he had met the

victim pre viously, he did not know her and did not socialize with her.

Williams denied the stabbing and denied any type of fight took place. He denied

his father took a knife from him.

DISCUSSION

As we have noted, appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Wende, supra , 25

Cal.3d 436, indicating she has not been able to identify any reasonably arguable issues

for reversal on appeal. Pursuant to Anders v

. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 ( Anders ),

counsel has identified one possible, but not arguable issue for our consideration:

Whether the trial court erred in permitting the People to inquire about an alleged

uncharged assault by Williams against the victim ' s brother?

We have reviewed the entire record as mandated by Wende , supra, 25 Cal.3d 436

and Anders , supra, 386 U.S. 738, and have not identified any reasonably arguable issue

for reversal on appeal. Competent counsel has represented Williams on this appeal.4 DISPOSITION

The judgment is affirmed.

HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.

WE CONCUR:

McINTYRE, J.

O ' ROURKE, J.