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Filed 7/10/15 P. v. Coffman CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Shasta)

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THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JESSE JAMES COFFMAN,

Defendant and Appellant.

C078336

(Super. Ct. No. 13F7296)

Following his pleas of guilty to possession of a controlled substance and 

possession of a controlled substance for sale, and his admission of various enhancement 

allegations, the trial court sentenced defendant Jesse James Coffman to seven years in 

prison. Defendant’s appointed counsel has asked this court to review the record to 

determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (People v. Wende (1979) 

25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende).) Finding no arguable error that would result in a disposition 

more favorable to defendant, we affirm the judgment. We provide the following brief 
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description of the facts and procedural history of the case. (See People v. Kelly (2006) 

40 Cal.4th 106, 110, 124.)

BACKGROUND

In October 2013, officers went to an apartment to serve a search warrant and saw 

defendant leaving. One of the officers searched defendant and found 7.6 grams of 

methamphetamine in his pocket. Defendant told officers he was an addict and admitted 

the methamphetamine belonged to him (case No. 13F7296). 

Approximately five months later, defendant was a passenger in a car stopped by 

Redding police officers. He was fidgeting and appeared to be trying to conceal 

something. A records check revealed defendant had outstanding warrants for his arrest. 

Upon exiting the vehicle, defendant told the officers he had methamphetamine in his 

pocket. A search revealed a baggie containing 0.8 grams of methamphetamine (case No. 

14F1314). 

In case No. 14F1314,

1 defendant pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled 

substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a)), admitted a prior conviction for

assault with a deadly weapon as an enhancement (Pen. Code, § 1170.12),

2 and admitted 

he had committed the current offense while released on bail (§ 12022.1). In case No. 

13F7296, defendant pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance for sale 

(Health & Saf. Code, § 11378), and admitted the enhancement allegations that he had a 

prior conviction for assault with a deadly weapon (§ 1170.12), and had served a prior 

prison term (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). The parties agreed the maximum sentence the trial court 

could impose in both cases was 10 years four months. 

 

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 Although the cases were resolved together, the notice of appeal is only as to case No. 

13F7296. Accordingly, some of the documents for case No. 14F1314, such as the 

charging document, are not contained in the record on appeal.

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 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.
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Pursuant to Proposition 47, the trial court reduced the conviction for possession of 

a controlled substance (case No. 14F1314) to a misdemeanor. The court noted, and the 

parties agreed, this reduction correspondingly reduced defendant’s maximum exposure to 

seven years. At the sentencing hearing, the trial court also considered and denied 

defendant’s Romero motion.3 In case No. 13F7296, the trial court sentenced defendant to 

the upper term of three years, doubled to six due to the strike, plus an additional one year

for the prior prison term enhancement. The trial court ordered defendant to pay a 

restitution fund fine of $280, and imposed and stayed a parole revocation fine of $280. 

The trial court also ordered defendant to pay a $40 court security fee (§ 1465.8), a $30 

criminal conviction assessment (Gov. Code, § 70373), and a $50 criminal laboratory fee 

(Health & Saf. Code, § 11372.5), plus penalty assessments. The trial court awarded 

defendant 233 days of presentence custody credit. In case No. 14F1314, the trial court 

commuted defendant’s sentence to time served concurrent, and ordered defendant to pay 

a restitution fund fine of $150, imposed and stayed a parole revocation fine of $150, and 

a $50 criminal laboratory fee, plus penalty assessments. The trial court denied 

defendant’s request for a certificate of probable cause. 

ANALYSIS

We appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. Counsel filed an opening 

brief that sets forth the facts of the case and requested this court to review the record and 

determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (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. Having undertaken an examination of the 

 

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 People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497.
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entire record, we find no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favorable 

to defendant.

DISPOSITION

The judgment is affirmed.

RENNER , J.

We concur:

NICHOLSON , Acting P. J.

MAURO , J.