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Date Created: 2023-12-21 20:02:23.08067+00
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Filed 12/21/23 P. v. Lucio CA5

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           IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                     FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

    THE PEOPLE,
                                                                                      F085435, F085436
           Plaintiff and Respondent,
                                                                               (Super. Ct. Nos. F22900441,
                    v.                                                                 F22905979)

    ISREAL JESSIE LUCIO,
                                                                                          OPINION
           Defendant and Appellant.

                                                   THE COURT*
         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County. Samuel
Dalesandro, Judge.
         Robert L. Hernandez, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant
and Appellant.
         Office of the State Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for Plaintiff and
Respondent.
                                                        -ooOoo-

*        Before Levy, Acting P. J., Meehan, J. and De Santos, J.
                                      INTRODUCTION
          Isreal Jessie Lucio (appellant) pleaded no contest to vehicle theft (Veh. Code,
§ 10851, subd. (a)) and second degree burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 459, 460, subd. (b)).1 He
also admitted he suffered a prior strike conviction (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12,
subds. (a)-(d)) and two prior auto theft convictions (§ 666.5). The trial court sentenced
him to five years four months in state prison.
          On appeal, appellant’s appointed counsel filed a brief with this court pursuant to
People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende), identifying no error and asking this
court to review the record and determine if there are any reasonably arguable issues on
appeal. Appellant was afforded an opportunity to submit a supplemental letter or brief
but failed to do so in the time allotted.
          We have conducted an independent review of the record and find no error. We
affirm.
                                       BACKGROUND
          In superior court case No. F22900441, the Fresno County District Attorney’s
Office filed an information charging appellant with vehicle theft (Veh. Code, § 10851,
subd. (a)), receiving a stolen motor vehicle (§ 496d, subd. (a)), and driving with a
suspended license (Veh. Code, § 14601, subd. (a)). The information also alleged a prior
strike conviction (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d)) and two prior auto theft
convictions (§ 666.5).
          According to the preliminary hearing transcript, appellant was contacted by law
enforcement driving a car that had been reported stolen. The registered owner of the car
confirmed it had been stolen and that appellant did not have permission to drive her car.
          While this case was pending, the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office filed a
criminal complaint in superior court case No. F22905979, charging appellant with second

1         All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

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degree burglary (§§ 459, 460, subd. (b)) and grand theft (§ 487, subd. (a)), and alleging a
prior strike conviction (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d)).
       According to the probation report, the victim reported an unknown person broke
into his vehicle and stole his wallet and social security card. Appellant was identified as
the perpetrator through surveillance footage.
       At a plea hearing, appellant pleaded no contest in case No. F22900441 to vehicle
theft (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)) and admitted the prior strike allegation and the two
prior auto theft conviction allegations. In case No. F22905979, he pleaded no contest to
second degree burglary (§§ 459, 460, subd. (b)) and admitted the prior strike allegation.
       At sentencing, appellant requested the trial court dismiss his prior strike allegation
finding pursuant to People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497. The trial
court denied the request based on appellant’s extensive criminal history and prior
unsatisfactory performance on probation and parole.
       The trial court sentenced appellant to five years four months in state prison as
follows. In case No. F22900441, the auto theft count with a prior auto theft allegation
(Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a); Pen. Code, § 666.5), the court sentenced appellant to two
years, doubled to four years by the prior strike. (§§ 667, subd. (e)(1), 1170.12,
subd. (c)(1)). In case No. F22905979, the second degree burglary count (§§ 459,
460, subd. (b)), the court sentenced appellant to one-third the middle term of two years
(8 months), doubled by the prior strike, for a sentence of 16 months, to be served
consecutively the vehicle theft count.
       Appellant filed a notice of appeal in each case. He did not request a certificate of
probable cause. We granted appellant’s motion to consolidate the appeals.
                                         DISCUSSION
       As noted above, appellant’s counsel filed a Wende brief identifying no error and
asking this court to review the record to determine whether there are any arguable issues

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on appeal. We have conducted an independent review of the record. We find that no
reasonably arguable factual or legal issues exist.
                                      DISPOSITION
       The judgment is affirmed.

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