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Date Created: 2014-05-16 00:04:00.905508+00
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Filed 5/15/14 P. v. Izaldo CA4/3

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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

     Plaintiff and Respondent,                                         G049110

         v.                                                            (Super. Ct. No. R00112)

JUAN CARLOS IZALDO,                                                    OPINION

     Defendant and Appellant.

                   Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Gregg L.
Prickett, Judge. Affirmed.
                   Alan S. Yockelson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for
Defendant and Appellant.
                   No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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              Defendant Juan Carlos Izaldo was sentenced to a 16-month prison term for
the unlawful taking of a vehicle. (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)). He was released from
prison to post-release community supervision on December 24, 2011. (Pen. Code,
§ 3451, subd. (a).)
              Defendant did not do well on community supervision. Upon his release
from prison, he failed to report to the probation department as required. Then he was
arrested for a violation of Health and Safety Code section 11377, subdivision (a), and
served a 10-day flash incarceration. Upon his release from the flash incarceration, he told
his probation officer he would be entering a Salvation Army program the following day
for treatment of his drug addiction. But he never showed up, nor did he contact his
probation officer. He was again arrested; he admitted the violation and was sentenced to
a 90-day jail term with custody credits of 20 days. He once again failed to report to
probation. Instead, within three days of his release, he was arrested for two separate
assaults. On January 15, 2013, defendant pleaded guilty to those charges and received a
three-year state prison sentence. Some eight and one-half months later, the petition for
revocation of his post-release community supervision was heard; the court found he was
in violation of his post release supervision, sentenced him to 180 days, gave him custody
credits of 180 days, and, on motion of defendant, terminated his post-release community
supervision, on the ground that he would be serving the three-year prison sentence.
              Defendant appealed the order revoking his post release community
supervision and we appointed counsel to represent him. Counsel did not argue against
defendant, but advised the court he was unable to find an issue to argue on defendant’s
behalf. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436.) Defendant was given the opportunity
to file written argument in his own behalf, but he has not done so.
              Defendant’s appellate counsel has suggested we review the record to
determine whether the court erred in rejecting an affidavit of prejudice defendant filed
under Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6. But by filing a brief pursuant to People v.

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Wende, supra, 25 Cal. 3d 436, counsel represents that after a thorough review of the
record, he was unable to identify an arguable issue. We disregard the potential issue
suggested by counsel because, by the very nature of a Wende brief, counsel is unable to
provide supporting arguments. Issues not supported by reasoned argument need not be
addressed. (Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. San Francisco Airports Com.
(1999) 21 Cal. 4th 352, 366, fn. 2.) In any event, in the course of conducting our
independent review, we have considered the potential issue suggested by counsel and
conclude, as did he, that it is not arguable.
              The judgment is affirmed.

                                                    IKOLA, J.

WE CONCUR:

RYLAARSDAM, ACTING P. J.

BEDSWORTH, J.

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