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Date Created: 2023-11-14 19:03:54.514243+00
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Filed 11/14/23 P. v. Powns CA2/5
   NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                         SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                        DIVISION FIVE

THE PEOPLE,                                                  B325715

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                           (Los Angeles County
                                                             Super. Ct. No. LA091061)
         v.

ANDREW DARNELL POWNS,

         Defendant and Appellant.

     APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of
Los Angeles County, Carol J. Najera, Judge. Affirmed.
     Randall Conner, under appointment by the Court of
Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
     No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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     Andrew Darnell Powns pleaded no contest in Los Angeles
County Superior Court Case No. LA091061 to one count of first
degree home invasion robbery in concert. (Pen. Code,1 §§ 211 &
213, subd. (a)(1)(A); count 1.) The trial court sentenced Powns to
the middle term of six years in prison, but suspended execution of
sentence and placed Powns on probation for two years.
       Subsequently, in Los Angeles County Superior Court Case
No. TA157286-01, Powns pleaded no contest to fleeing a pursuing
officer’s motor vehicle while driving recklessly (Veh. Code,
§ 2800.2; count 1) and possession of a firearm with a prior violent
felony conviction (§ 29900, subd. (a)(1); count 2). Powns admitted
to suffering a prior strike conviction in Case No. LA091061
(§§ 667, subd. (b)-(j), 1170.12) and admitted three aggravating
sentencing factors—he was armed with or used a firearm (Cal.
Rules of Court, rule 4.421(a)(2)), he suffered a prior prison term
(Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.421(b)(3)), and he was on supervision
when he committed the current offenses (Cal. Rules of Court, rule
4.421(b)(4)).
       In Case No. LA091061, the court revoked probation and
ordered that the suspended six-year middle-term sentence be
executed. In Case No. TA157286-01, the court struck the prior
strike conviction and sentenced Powns to the three-year upper
term in count 1 and the three-year upper term in count 2, to run
concurrently with each other, and also concurrently with the
sentence in Case No. LA091061. Powns timely appealed.
       We appointed counsel. After reviewing the record, counsel
filed an opening brief asking this court to review the record
independently pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436,

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

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441 (Wende). On September 7, 2023, we advised Powns that he
had 30 days to submit any contentions or issues he wished us to
consider. No response has been received to date.
      We have examined the entire record. We are satisfied no
arguable issues exist and that Powns’s counsel has fully satisfied
his responsibilities under Wende. (Smith v. Robbins (2000) 528
U.S. 259, 279–284; Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d at p. 441.) The trial
court’s judgment is affirmed.
      NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

                                                MOOR, J.

      We concur:

                   BAKER, Acting P. J.

                   KIM, J.

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