1 Filed 3/6/13 P. v. Adams CA4/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115. IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELL ATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. JAMALL EARL ADAMS, Defendant and Appellant. E056443 (Super.Ct.No. RIF1101774) OPINION

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Rive rside County. Eric G. Helgesen, Judge. (Retired judge of the Tulare Mun. Ct. assigne d by the Chief Justice pursuant to art. VI, § 6 of the Cal. Const.) Affirmed. Raymond M. DiGuiseppe, under appo intment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. Defendant and appellant Jamall Earl Adams (defendant) appeals from his conviction and sentence of 8 years plus 25 years to life for attacking and seriously injuring a 59-year-o ld man in a jail holding cell after the man denied gang affiliation and2 stated that he was old enough to be defendant’s father. As discussed below, we affirm the conviction and sentence.
F ACTS AND P ROCEDURE On February 16, 2011, deputies respo nded to banging and moaning noises coming from a holding cell at the county jail in Rive rside. They found the victim bleeding heavily from a lacerati on on his head. The deputies rem oved the victim from the cell and he was taken to the nurse’s station. Defe ndant was the only one of the eight other occupants of the cell to have swelling and abrasions on his knuckles. He was also breathing heavy and perspiring. The victim identified defendant as his a ttacker when defendant was pointed out to him. The victim told the in terviewing deputy that defendan t had approached him in the holding cell and asked him where he was from. The victim stated he was from Riverside. Defendant identified himself as a member of a particular gang. The victim stated that he was not in a gang and that he was old enough to be defendant’s father. At that point, defendant began to punch the vi ctim in the head and face. Defendant punched him eight to ten times while saying “I’m going to kill y ou.” The victim fell on the floor and lost consciousness. Another prisoner in the holding cell testified at trial that, after the victim fell to the floor, defendant st raddled the unconscious victim and hit him in the face one more time. After a minute or two the victim got up on his knees, bl eeding profusely, and banged on the cell door un til the deputies arrived.3 On February 16, 2012, a ju ry found defendant guilty of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily inju ry (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1)) 1 and found true an allegation that he personally committed the grea t bodily injury (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)). Defendant later admitted that he had eight pr ior strike convictions (§§ 667, subds. (c), (e)(1) & (2), 1170.12, subds. (c)(1) & (2)), a se rious felony prior convi ction (§ 667, subd. (a)) and a prison prior (§667.5, subd. (b)). The trial court denied defendant’s Romero 2 motion and sentenced him to 25 years to life fo r the assault convicti on, plus three years consecutive for the personal commission enhanc ement and five years consecutive for the prison prior, plus 1 year concurrent for the serious felony prior. Th is appeal followed.
D ISCUSSION Upon defendant’s request, this court appo inted counsel to represent him. Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, setting forth a st atement of the case, a summary of the facts, and potential arguable issues and reques ting this court to conduct an independent review of the record. We offered defendant an oppo rtunity to file a personal supplemental brief, but he has not done so. Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal. 4th 106, we have independently reviewed the record fo r potential error and find no arguable issues.

1 All section references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 People v. Superior Court ( Romero ) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497.4 D ISPOSITION The judgment of conviction is affirmed.
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RAMIREZ P. J.

We concur: McKINSTER J. KING J.