Filed 11/6/20 P. v. Sanchez CA2/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

ROBERTO SANCHEZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

B304584

(Los Angeles County

Super. Ct. No. BA457932)

THE COURT:

Roberto Sanchez appeals the superior court’s order 

terminating his probation following a contested probation 

violation hearing. We appointed counsel to represent Sanchez on 

appeal. After examination of the record, counsel filed an opening 

brief raising no issues and asking this court to independently 

review the record.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Following his entry of a guilty plea, appellant was 

convicted on September 22, 2017, of assault with force likely to 
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cause great bodily injury. (Pen. Code,1 § 245, subd. (a)(4).) He 

was placed on formal probation for 36 months.

On the People’s motion filed August 19, 2019, appellant’s 

probation was revoked based on appellant’s commission of 

corporal injury to a cohabitant in violation of section 273.5, 

subdivision (a). Following a contested probation violation 

hearing, appellant was found in violation and probation was 

revoked. The superior court placed appellant on unsupervised 

probation with 297 days of jail time and a total of 297 days of 

custody credits. The court also imposed a protective order. 

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Appellant and Angela E. lived together for about 10 months 

in 2019.

On August 14, 2019, appellant and Angela got into an 

argument over Angela’s cell phone use. After accusing Angela of 

calling another man, appellant bit her on the stomach and pulled 

her hair. The next day, Angela went to a clinic for an 

appointment with her psychologist. Before the appointment, 

Angela met with victim advocates and disclosed appellant’s 

attack. Angela also told her psychologist what appellant had 

done. Afterwards, the psychologist and social workers helped 

Angela leave the clinic through a back door to avoid appellant, 

who was in the waiting room. The victim advocates drove Angela 

to the police station where she reported the incident. Officers 

observed visible injury to Angela’s abdomen, and noted she was 

shaking, fearful, and apologetic. Angela reported that appellant 

had previously attempted to smother or strangle her, she had 

tried to leave appellant, and she was in fear for her safety.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.
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At the probation violation hearing, Angela testified that 

appellant regularly accused her of infidelity and was verbally 

abusive; he often punched her, slapped her, scratched her, bit 

her, and pulled her hair. And he frequently took her phone and 

threatened her to keep her from calling the police.

DISCUSSION

Based on our examination of the entire record we are 

satisfied that defendant’s attorney has fully complied with her

responsibilities and that no arguable issues exist. (People v. 

Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 109–110; People v. Wende (1979) 25 

Cal.3d 436, 441.)

DISPOSITION

The order is affirmed.

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LUI, P.J. ASHMANN-GERST, J. CHAVEZ, J.