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                    COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION ONE

                                           STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE,                                                         D069354

         Plaintiff and Respondent,

         v.                                                         (Super. Ct. No. SCS280408)

LARRY SALAS,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Garry G.

Haehnle, Judge. Affirmed.

         Laura R. Sheppard, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

         No appearance by Plaintiff and Respondent.

         Larry Salas entered a guilty plea to one count of taking and driving a vehicle (Veh.

Code, § 10851, subd. (a)) and one count of receiving stolen property (Pen. Code,1

1        All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.
§ 496d). He also admitted one prison prior (§ 667.5, subd. (b)) and one serious/violent

felony prior conviction (§ 667, subds. (b)-(i)).

       Salas's motion to strike the serious/violent felony prior was denied. The court

imposed a four-year prison term consisting of the low term of two years for taking the

vehicle, doubled because of the serious/violent felony prior. Following a restitution

hearing the court ordered restitution in the amount of $5,448.62.

       Salas filed a timely notice of appeal.

       Appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25

Cal.3d 436 (Wende), indicating she is unable to identify any reasonably arguable issue for

reversal on appeal. Counsel asks this court to review the record for error as mandated by

Wende.

       We offered Salas the opportunity to file his own brief on appeal, but he has not

responded.

                                  STATEMENT OF FACTS

       Salas admitted he took and drove a vehicle without the permission of the owner

with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive the owner of its property.

                                       DISCUSSION

       As we have noted, appellate counsel has not identified any reasonably arguable

issues for reversal on appeal and has asked that we review the record for error as

mandated by Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436. As required by Anders v. California (1967)

386 U.S. 738 (Anders), counsel has identified the following possible, but not reasonably

arguable issues for our review:

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       1. Whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion to strike the

serious/violent felony prior conviction;

       2. Whether the trial court erred in ordering restitution to Enterprise Rent-a-Car,

the owner of the vehicle, and in setting the amount of restitution by means of a stipulation

by the parties.

       We have reviewed the record as required by Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436, and

Anders, supra, 386 U.S. 738, and have not identified any reasonably arguable issue for

reversal on appeal. Competent counsel has represented Salas on this appeal.

                                      DISPOSITION

       The judgment is affirmed.

                                                                            HUFFMAN, J.

WE CONCUR:

                  McCONNELL, P. J.

                        AARON, J.

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