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Filed 7/21/15 P. v. Ibrahim CA4/1

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                    COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION ONE

                                           STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE,                                                         D067002

         Plaintiff and Respondent,

         v.                                                         (Super. Ct. No. SCD235716)

HUSSEIN A. IBRAHIM,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Amalia L.

Meza, Judge. Affirmed.

         Gary V. Crooks, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

         No appearance by Plaintiff and Respondent.

         In 2012, a jury convicted Hussein A. Ibrahim of assault with force likely to cause

great bodily injury (Pen. Code,1 § 245, subd. (a)(1)) and battery with serious bodily

injury (§ 243, subd. (d)). The jury also found true an allegation that Ibrahim inflicted

1        All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.
great bodily injury on the victim (§ 12022,7, subd. (a)). Ibrahim admitted two serious

felony prior convictions (§ 667, subd. (a)(1)) and two strike convictions (§ 667, subds.

(b)-(i)). Ibrahim was originally sentenced to 25 years to life plus 13 years.

       Ibrahim appealed the original judgment. In an unpublished opinion, this court

affirmed the convictions but remanded for resentencing. (People v. Ibrahim (Jan. 10,

2014, D062647).)

       On remand the trial court found insufficient evidence to support one of the strike

priors and one of the serious felony priors. Ibrahim was resentenced to a total term of 16

years in prison, consisting of the upper term of four years for the assault count, doubled

to eight years based on the strike prior. The sentence on the battery count was stayed.

(Pen. Code, § 654.) The court imposed five years for the serious felony prior and three

years for the great bodily injury enhancement.

       Ibrahim filed a timely notice of appeal,

       Appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25
Cal. 3d 436 (Wende), indicating he has not been able 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 Ibrahim the opportunity to file his own brief on appeal.

Ibrahim requested and was granted additional time to file his brief, but ultimately he did

not respond.

                                STATEMENT OF FACTS

       A witness testified that he saw Ibrahim arguing with the victim on the night of the

offense, and the witness tried to break up the argument. The witness testified that he later

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saw Ibrahim straddling the victim and punching him in the face with a closed fist. The

witness called 9-1-1 and when police arrived took them to the victim who was seriously

injured. Ibrahim made statements to police that he had been arguing with the victim and

was trying to protect himself.

                                      DISCUSSION

       As we have noted, counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Wende, supra, 25 Cal. 3d
436, asking this court to review the record for error. Pursuant to Anders v. California

(1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders), counsel has identified the following possible, but not

reasonably arguable issue for our consideration:

       Whether the trial court abused its discretion in selecting the upper term for the

assault count?

       We have reviewed the entire record pursuant to Wende, supra, 25 Cal. 3d 436, and

Anders, supra, 386 U.S. 728, and have not discovered any reasonably arguable issues for

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

                                      DISPOSITION

       The judgment is affirmed.

                                                                             HUFFMAN, J.

WE CONCUR:

                 McCONNELL, P. J.

                        BENKE, J.

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