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Filed 11/14/22 P. v. Gentry CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Butte)

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THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

BRANDON MICHAEL GENTRY,

Defendant and Appellant.

C095339

(Super. Ct. Nos. 19CF05900 

& 19CF07403)

Appointed counsel for defendant Brandon Michael Gentry asks this court to 

review the record to determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (People 

v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Finding no arguable error that would result in a 

disposition more favorable to defendant, we will affirm the judgment.

BACKGROUND

On September 12, 2019, defendant was stopped by a police officer for failing to 

stop at a stop sign. After learning defendant was on probation, as well as a documented 

gang member, the officer searched defendant’s car. The officer found a loaded handgun 
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in between the driver’s seat and center console and a pill bottle containing ammunition. 

Defendant was arrested and charged with unlawful firearm activity and possession of 

ammunition in Butte County Superior Court case No. 19CF05900 (case No. 900). On 

October 2, 2019, defendant pleaded no contest to both charges; he was released on his 

own recognizance.

On November 13, 2019, while out on his own recognizance, defendant was again 

stopped for a traffic violation. The officer conducted a patdown search of defendant and 

found a fixed-blade knife, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia. Defendant was 

arrested and charged in Butte County Superior Court case No. 19CF07403 with a single 

felony, carrying a dirk or dagger, and two drug-related misdemeanors. The People also 

alleged defendant committed the felony offense while released on his own recognizance 

in case No. 900.

On February 5, 2020, following an unsuccessful Marsden motion,1 defendant 

pleaded no contest to possessing a dirk or dagger and admitted he committed the offense 

while released on his own recognizance in case No. 900. Resolving both cases, the trial 

court placed defendant on three years of formal probation and ordered him to serve 280 

days in county jail. 

Defendant violated his probation twice and was reinstated twice before December 

8, 2021, when defendant again violated probation and was sentenced to an aggregate term 

of five years four months in state prison.

Defendant timely appealed but did not obtain a certificate of probable cause.

DISCUSSION

Appointed counsel filed an opening brief setting forth the facts of the case and 

asking this court to review the record and determine whether there are any arguable 

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 People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 118.
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issues on appeal. (People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436.) Defendant was advised by 

counsel of the right to file a supplemental brief within 30 days from the date the opening 

brief was filed, but to date, has not done so. Our review of the record pursuant to Wende

disclosed no arguable errors in defendant’s favor.

DISPOSITION

The judgment is affirmed.

 /s/

HOCH, Acting P. J.

We concur:

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RENNER, J.

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EARL, J.