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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

 Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JONATHAN GERALD PARKER,

 Defendant and Appellant.

 G051645

 (Super. Ct. No. 13CF2527)

 O P I N I O N

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Ronald 

E. Klar, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.) Affirmed.

John E. Edwards, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant 

and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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A jury convicted defendant Jonathan Gerald Parker of possessing 

methamphetamine (count1) and marijuana (count 2) for sale. (Health & Saf. Code, §§

11378, 11359.) In bifurcated proceedings regarding sentence enhancement allegations, 

the court found true an allegation Parker was free from custody on bail at the time of 

these offenses, and Parker admitted he had suffered four prison prior convictions. (Pen. 

Code, §§ 12022.1, subd. (b) & 667.5, subd. (b).) 

The court sentenced Parker to a total term of six years in county jail, 

comprised of concurrent two-year middle terms on each of counts 1 and 2, plus 

consecutive two-year terms on the bail enhancement and two of the four prison priors. 

The court struck the remaining two prison priors for sentencing purposes only. The court 

stated it sentenced Parker in this manner because of his lengthy criminal history and the 

lack of a realistic chance of rehabilitation. 

The court granted Parker a total of 638 days of credit for time served, 

consisting of 319 days of actual custody and 319 days of conduct credit under Penal Code 

section 4019. After this appeal was filed, the court granted Parker’s informal request and 

awarded him an additional 20 days of presentence credits (10 actual plus 10 conduct) due 

to a flash incarceration in another case resulting from the conduct in this case.

Parker filed a timely notice of appeal. 

We appointed counsel to represent Parker on appeal. Counsel filed a brief 

summarizing the proceedings and facts of the case and advised the court he found no 

arguable issues to assert on Parker’s behalf. (Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738; 

People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) To assist us in our independent review of the 

record, counsel suggested we consider the issues set out below. 

Counsel notified Parker that he could file a supplemental brief on his own 

behalf. We also notified Parker he could file a supplemental brief on his own behalf. 

However, the time for Parker to do so has passed and we have received no supplemental 

brief or other communication from him. 
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FACTS

On August 6, 2013, Officer Evan Beresford was conducting surveillance at 

a residence in the city of Santa Ana. That afternoon, Beresford saw Parker walk out of 

the residence and after 10 or 15 minutes go back inside.

The following day Beresford, along with seven or eight other officers, 

served a search warrant at the residence. Prior to the search, another officer saw Parker

walk from a nearby park to the residence, go inside for about five minutes and then walk 

back to the park. 

The officers searching the residence found a baggie containing smaller 

Ziploc bags in the top drawer of a nightstand in the northeast bedroom. In the closet, 

they found a locked black box which contained methamphetamine, small Ziploc bags 

commonly used to package narcotics, marijuana, a digital scale and a letter from the 

University of Phoenix addressed to “Jonathan.”

On the shelf next to the black box were two letters addressed to Parker at 

the residence. Men’s and women’s clothing was found in the bedroom. The officers did 

not check the sizes of the men’s clothing, and they did not collect any fingerprints or 

DNA while executing the search warrant. 

The prosecution drug expert opined Parker possessed the methamphetamine 

and marijuana for the purpose of sale. 

Quianna Wiley testified as a defense witness. She lived at the residence, 

with her three sons, and two other individuals rented a room in the back. She testified the 

northeast bedroom was hers, and the men’s clothing in that bedroom belonged to the 

children’s father, Tony Foster, who kept clothing there because he was allowed to spend 

the night. She continued to have an intimate relationship with Mr. Foster. She also had a 

relationship with Parker, but they did not have sexual relations at the residence. She did

not sleep with Parker in her bedroom, they always got a hotel. 
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Wiley testified Parker was allowed to enter the home through the back patio 

which was occupied by the renters. She told the police that if Parker wanted to leave 

something in the residence he could do so, but she did not know if he had left anything 

there. If Parker had left something there, she would not have asked any questions. She 

said Parker lives with his mother. She could not explain why mail addressed to Parker at 

the residence was found. 

An officer testified in rebuttal that Wiley told him her boyfriend Parker 

keeps property in the northeast bedroom but he is not allowed to stay there. During the 

search, she denied that the black box was hers. 

Russell Harmon testified he and his girlfriend Dawn Williams lived on the 

back patio of the residence which had been converted into a room. Harmon had never 

seen Parker handling methamphetamine and had never known Parker to either use or sell 

methamphetamine. 

DISCUSSION

We have independently reviewed the entire record according to our 

obligations under Anders v. California, supra, 386 U.S. 738 and People v. Wende, supra, 

25 Cal.3d 436, including the issues suggested by counsel set out and discussed below, 

and we have found no arguable issues on appeal.

(1) Counsel cited In re Adams (1975) 14 Cal.3d 629 and People v. Chung

(2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 462, and suggested we consider whether Parker may sustain two 

separate convictions for possessing two different drugs for sale at the same time. Adams

involved a single incident of transportation, during which the defendant used his car to 

deliver multiple types of drugs to a single dealer. Similarly, Chung involved a single 

offer to sell multiple drugs to a single buyer. But in this case, the record supports an 

inference that Parker possessed the methamphetamine and marijuana for sale to more 

than one customer, so multiple convictions and even multiple punishments are permitted. 

(People v. Blake (1998) 68 Cal.App.4th 509, 512.)
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(2) Counsel suggested we consider whether Parker’s custody credits were 

properly calculated because he was simultaneously in custody on this case and on case

No. 13HF1275. The only thing in the record on this issue is the discussion which 

occurred at the time of sentencing, and from that record we discern no error. 

(3) Counsel suggested we consider whether the court erred in sustaining 

the prosecutor’s objection to the introduction of Parker’s Department of Motor Vehicles

Soundex address. One of the police officers was asked if the address of the residence 

searched was the same as the address on the Soundex. The prosecutor objected on 

hearsay and foundation grounds and, after some discussion, the court correctly sustained 

the foundation objection because the officer could not authenticate the Soundex. 

(4) Counsel suggested we consider whether the court erred in failing to 

give a sua sponte instruction regarding Wiley potentially being an accomplice, in light of 

Wiley’s testimony the black box did not belong to her and that Parker was allowed to 

leave property at the residence. No sua sponte instruction was required because there

was insufficient evidence in the record that Wiley was an accomplice. (People v. Tobias

(2001) 25 Cal.4th 327, 331.) 

(5) Counsel suggested we consider whether the prosecutor engaged in 

improper argument when he commented upon the reasons he had challenged and retained 

jurors and, if so, whether there was any prejudice to Parker. The prosecutor reminded the 

jurors that during voir dire he had told them he was looking for impartial and unbiased 

jurors with common sense and life experience. He then said, “Notice the young girl that I 

got rid of, that was not even out of college yet. Who here is a supervisor? Who here is a 

manager? Who here has children? That’s why I chose you.” “Assuming (which we do 

only for the purpose of this analysis) that the prosecutor’s argument was improper, it is 

clear to us from our review of the record that the argument was harmless, and that no 

prejudice has been (or can be) demonstrated.” (People v. Fernandez (2013) 216 

Cal.App.4th 540, 564.)
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(6) Counsel suggested we consider whether substantial evidence supports 

the verdict. We have and it does. (Jackson v. Virginia (1979) 443 U.S. 307, 318-319; 

People v. Story (2009) 45 Cal.4th 1282, 1296; People v. Johnson (1980) 26 Cal.3d 557, 

578; People v. Zamudio (2008) 43 Cal.4th 327, 357-358.)

(7) Counsel suggested we consider whether the jury was properly 

instructed on the requirements for finding constructive possession. We have and they 

were. (CALCRIM No. 2302; Armstrong v. Superior Court (1990) 217 Cal.App.3d 535.) 

(8) Counsel suggested we consider whether the court abused its discretion 

when it rejected Parker’s request for split sentencing. Penal Code section 1170, 

subdivision (h)(5) allows the court to reject split sentencing if “the court finds that, in the

interests of justice, it is not appropriate in a particular case . . . .” In this case the court 

found split sentencing was not appropriate because of Parker’s lengthy criminal history 

and his lack of a realistic chance of rehabilitation. This finding was well within the 

court’s broad discretion. 

DISPOSITION

The judgment is affirmed.

THOMPSON, J.

WE CONCUR:

RYLAARSDAM, ACTING P. J.

FYBEL, J.