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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Lassen)

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THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.
MARCUS KHALANI ERVIN,

Defendant and Appellant. C079634
(Super. Ct. No. CC031620)

Appointed counsel for defendant Marcus Kh a lani Ervin has filed an opening brief
that sets forth the facts of the case and asks this court to review the record and determine whether there are any arg uable issues on appeal. ( People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d
436 .) After reviewing the entire record, we affirm the judgment. We provide the following brief description of the facts and procedural history of the case. (See People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 110, 123

- 124.)
BACKGROUND In December 2013, defendant was an inmate at the California Correctional Cent er (CCC) in Lassen County. Correctional Officers David Barker and Jake Wolcott were2

conducting random searches for contraband o n inmates in the visiting room to prevent drugs from being smuggled into the prison. The correctional officers noticed the inmates were not being properly searched before entering the bathrooms. The correctional
officers went into the inmate restroom. W hen they entered they saw defendant sitting on
the toilet with his pants below his buttocks and his hands between his legs. It looked suspicious to the officers because his pants were not where they would be if he w ere actually using the toilet. The air also smelled strongly of marijuana. As the officers moved toward defendant, he went to flush the toilet. Despite being ordered to put his hands on his head and not flush, defendant started to press the toilet valve. The officers pulled defendant off the toilet and down to the floor. As he was being handcuffed,
defendant said
, “ I t’s not mine, I had nothing to do with it, it’s not mine

. ”
Officer Barker looked in the toilet and saw seven blue bind les and five pieces of plastic floating in the water

. Officer Barker took photographs of the toilet and bathroom
and collected the items in the toilet

. The officers took defendant to the Investigative
Services Unit (ISU) office, about 100 yards away. At that point, defendant claimed
, “I t’s all mine, my wife had nothing to do with it

. I take full responsibility.” At the ISU office,
O fficer Wolcott noticed a small fleck of plas tic or latex on defendant’s lip that was
similar to that which had been in the toilet. Officer Wolcott asked defendant what was on his lip. Instead of answering, defendant licked his lip and swallowed the plastic. The blue bindles contained marijuana. The total net weight of the marijuana without the packaging was 44.1 grams. The smaller pieces of plastic did not contain marijuana, but Officer Barker surmised they might be used for packaging, as when marijuana is sold in prison, it is sold in very small quantities, approximately half a gram

. A body search of defendant reveale d he had a clear plastic latex type g love attached to his penis with clear lubricant material. Defendant was placed on “potty watch
, ” but no other
evidence was discovered.3

An information charged defendant with possessing marijuana while he was an
inmate in CCC

. (Pen. Code, § 4573.6

. ) The i nformation further alleged defendan t had a prior conviction for a serious or violent felony. A jury found defendant guilty as charged. In bifurcated proceedings, defendant admitted the prior conviction.
The trial court sentenced defendant to the middle term of three years, doubled due to the prior conviction, for an aggregate term o f six years, con secutive to his current term. The trial court imposed a $330 restitution fine ( Pen. Code, § 1202.4 , subd. (b) ), and imposed and stayed an identical parole revocation fine ( Pen. Code, § 1202.45)

. The trial

court found defendan t indigent and waived the other fin es and fees.
DISCUSSION We appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. Counsel filed an openin g brief that sets forth the facts of the case and requests this court to review the record and
determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. ( People v. Wende, supra
, 25 Cal.3d 436.) Defendant was advised by counsel of the right to file a sup plemental 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 entire record, we find no arguable error
that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.
DISPOSITION The judgment is affirmed.

NICHOLSON , Acting P. J.

We concur:

BUTZ , J.

DUARTE , J.