Filed 11/23/22 P. v. Hopkins CA2/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JOHANNA LYNN HOPKINS,

Defendant and Appellant.

B317605

Los Angeles County

Super. Ct. No. YA104471

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los

Angeles County, Thomas R. Sokolov, Judge. Affirmed.

Brad J. Poore, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, 

for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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INTRODUCTION

Johanna Lynn Hopkins pleaded no contest to driving with a

.08 percent or more blood-alcohol content causing injury (Veh.

Code, § 23152, subd. (b))1 and was placed on formal probation. 

She later filed a request for a certificate of probable cause, which 

the trial court denied. Hopkins appealed from the probation 

order, and her appointed counsel filed a brief under the 

procedures outlined in People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436

(Wende). By letter dated September 30, 2022, we invited Hopkins

to submit additional briefing. To date she has not done so. We 

find no appealable issue and affirm the order.

BACKGROUND

Count 1 of the complaint charged Hopkins with driving 

while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage causing injury, 

in violation of section 23152, subdivision (a). Count 2 charged 

Hopkins with driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent

or more, in violation of section 23152, subdivision (b). Counts 1 

and 2 were charged as felonies. Hopkins initially pleaded not 

guilty to both counts. Less than two months later, however, she 

withdrew her plea and entered into a plea deal, in which count 1 

was dismissed and she pleaded no contest to count 2. The trial 

court accepted Hopkins’s plea, found her guilty of count 2, and 

sentenced her to five days in county jail and three years’ formal

probation. Shortly thereafter, on November 17, 2021, the court 

modified Hopkins’s sentence to credit one day of her time in jail 

towards the $390 fine or community service in lieu of the fine.

1 All further statutory references are to the Vehicle Code unless 

otherwise stated.
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On November 10, 2021, Hopkins filed a notice of appeal and 

a request for a certificate of probable cause. The court denied the 

request for a certificate of probable cause on November 19, 2021. 

DISCUSSION

Following the Wende guidelines, we have reviewed

counsel’s brief and the entire appellate record. We discern no

arguable issue. Our review of the record discloses the court did

not err in denying Hopkins’s request for a certificate of probable

cause. Moreover, because the court denied her request for a

certificate of probable cause, her appeal is limited to “postplea

claims, including sentencing issues, that do not challenge the

validity of the plea.” (People v. Cuevas (2008) 44 Cal.4th 374,

379.) Here, the court imposed Hopkins’s sentence in accordance

with the plea agreement. Consequently, we affirm the order.

(Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d at p. 443.)
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DISPOSITION

The order is affirmed.

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LAVIN, J.

WE CONCUR:

EDMON, P. J.

RICHARDSON, (ANNE K.) J.*

* Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, assigned by the Chief 

Justice pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.