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Date Created: 2013-03-09 00:36:01.679016+00
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Filed 3/8/13 P. v. Edmonds CA2/5

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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION FIVE

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B244375

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. YA084117)
         v.

FRANK EDWARD EDMONDS,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Steven
R. Van Sicklen, Judge. Dismissed.
         David L. Polsky, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
         No appearance on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
       On September 26, 2012, defendant, Frank Edward Edmonds, pled nolo contendere
to a felony violation of Penal Code section 69. Defendant, who has filed a notice of
appeal, failed to secure a probable cause certificate. We have a duty to raise issues
concerning our jurisdiction on our own motion. (Jennings v. Marralle (1994) 8 Cal.4th
121, 126; Olson v. Cory (1983) 35 Cal.3d 390, 398.) We issued an order to show cause
re possible dismissal and placed the matter on calendar.
       Defendant has failed to fully and timely comply with both Penal Code section
1237.5 and California Rules of Court, rule 8.304(b). (In re Chavez (2003) 30 Cal.4th
643, 651; People v. Mendez (1999) 19 Cal.4th 1084, 1099; People v. Way (2003) 113
Cal.App.4th 733, 736.) Without a probable cause certificate, defendant cannot appeal.
(People v. Kaanehe (1977) 19 Cal.3d 1, 8; People v. Ribero (1971) 4 Cal.3d 55, 61;
People v. West (1970) 3 Cal.3d 595, 600-601; People v. Ward (1967) 66 Cal.2d 571, 574-
576.) Moreover, the notice of appeal fails to comply with California Rules of Court, rule
8.304(b)(4)(B) in that it does not state defendant is appealing from matters occurring after
the plea which does not affect its validity. (People v. Mendez, supra, 19 Cal.4th at p.
1096; see People v. Fulton (2009) 179 Cal.App.4th 1230, 1235-1236, disapproved on
another ground in People v. Maultsby (2012) 53 Cal.4th 296, 298.)
       Defendant argues that he wishes to challenge the denial of a peace officer
personnel records motion. Such an order would not be appealable after defendant pled
nolo contendere. (See People v. Mazurette (2001) 24 Cal.4th 789, 792; People v.
DeVaughn (1977) 18 Cal.3d 889, 896, People v. Collins (2004) 115 Cal.App.4th 137,
148; compare People v. Moore (2003) 105 Cal.App.4th 94, 99-100.) Even if the pre-plea
peace officer personnel records order would be appealable, no probable cause certificate
has been secured and that ends the matter. Insofar as defendant attempts, on direct
appeal, that we consider his declaration which was not before the trial court, we decline
to do so. (In re Zeth S. (2003) 31 Cal.4th 396, 405; People v. Merriam (1967) 66 Cal.2d
390, 396, overruled by People v. Rincon-Pineda (1975) 14 Cal.3d 864, 882.) If
defendant wishes to raise these issues by means of a habeas corpus petition where we can
consider the additional evidence, he remains free to do so. Finally, we judicially notice

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the July 12, 2012 transcript attached to defendant’s papers filed in response to our order
to show cause.

                            NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

                            TURNER, P. J.,

We concur:

       KRIEGLER, J.

       O’NEILL, J. *

*
      Judge of the Ventura County Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice
pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.

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