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Filed 8/4/14 P. v. Delgado CA2/5
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION FIVE

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B253023

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. VA128828)
         v.

FELIX DELGADO,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Brian F.
Gasdia, Judge. Affirmed.
         Linn Davis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
         No appearance for plaintiff.
       Appellant Felix Delgado was convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts of
sexual intercourse with a child 10 years of age or younger in violation of Penal Code
section 288.7, subdivision (a), three counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child under the
age of 14 in violation of section 288, subdivision (b)(1), and one count of oral copulation
with a child 10 years of age or younger in violation of section 288.7, subdivision (b). The
victim for all six counts was appellant’s daughter Gabriela. The trial court sentenced
appellant to a total term of 89 years to life in prison, consisting of indeterminate terms of
25 years to life for the sexual intercourse convictions, 15 years to life for the oral
copulation conviction and the mid-term of 8 years for each of the forcible lewd acts
convictions, all imposed consecutively.

                                            Facts
       In February, 2013, appellant’s daughter Gabriela told her fifth grade teacher that
someone was touching her. Sheriff’s deputies came to Gabriela’s school the day she
reported the touching. Gabriela spoke with the deputies.
       Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Maribel Rizo was assigned to investigate
the case on February 14. That same day, she interviewed appellant at the jail facility in
Lynwood. Appellant was advised of and waived his Miranda1 rights at the beginning of
the interview, which was recorded. Appellant stated that things began in November,
2012, when Gabriela grabbed his penis, then took her clothes off. Appellant touched her
with his penis. This occurred three or four times. Appellant also admitted that he
touched Gabriela’s breasts when she took off her towel, on two or three occasions. He
never put his penis in Gabriela’s vagina.
       Detective Rizo interviewed Gabriela later that same day, at her home, and again
the next day at the district attorney’s office. Gabriela described six separate incidents of
sexual contact with appellant, beginning around Halloween, 2012. Gabriela described
two incidents of sexual intercourse with appellant, and one attempt at sexual intercourse

1
       Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436.

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by appellant. She also described one incident where appellant touched her breasts, one
incident in which appellant penetrated her from behind and one incident in which he
attempted to penetrate her from behind. Gabriela stated that all these incidents occurred
before her 11th birthday.
       At trial, Gabriela testified that appellant touched her sexually on one occasion. He
told her to pull down her pants, and when she complied, he put his mouth on her vagina.
She also testified that on three other occasions, appellant pulled down her pants but did
not do anything. She denied that appellant ever put his penis in her vagina. She also
denied telling Detective Rizo about any instances of sexual intercourse or attempted
intercourse with her father.
       Appellant did not present any witnesses at trial.

                                        Discussion
       Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal, and we appointed counsel to represent
him on appeal. Appellant's counsel filed an opening brief pursuant to People v. Wende
(1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436, and requested this court to independently review the record on
appeal to determine whether any arguable issues exist.
       On February 28, 2014, we sent a notice to appellant, advising him he had 30 days
in which to personally submit any contentions or issues which he wished us to consider.2
On March 24, 2014, we granted appellant’s counsel’s request for an extension to time to
April 21, 2104 for appellant to file a supplemental brief.3 No brief or other response has
been received from appellant to date.

2
        This notice was sent to appellant at North Kern State Prison. Notice was earlier
sent to appellant at the Los Angeles County Jail, but by the time notice was sent,
appellant was no longer at the Jail.
3
       We served a copy of this order on appellant at Ironwood State Prison, his then-
current address.
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       We have examined the entire record and are satisfied appellant's attorney has fully
complied with her responsibilities and no arguable issues exist. (People v. Wende, supra,
25 Cal.3d at p. 441.)

                                         Disposition
       The judgment is affirmed.

                        NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

                             MINK, J.*

We concur:

       TURNER, P. J.

       KRIEGLER, J.

*
      Retired judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice
pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.
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