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Date Created: 2024-03-19 18:02:09.471738+00
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Filed 3/19/24 P. v. Hunt CA3
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                 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                         THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                         (Tehama)
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 THE PEOPLE,                                                                                   C098502

                    Plaintiff and Respondent,                                    (Super. Ct. No. 23CR000336)

           v.

 DAVID WAYNE HUNT JR.,

                    Defendant and Appellant.

         Appointed counsel for defendant David Wayne Hunt, Jr., asked this court to review
the record and determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (People v. Wende
(1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Our review has determined we lack appellate jurisdiction over
defendant’s appeal, and we will transfer it to the appellate division of the superior court.
         We provide the following brief description of the facts and procedural history of the
case. (See People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 110, 124.)
                                                    BACKGROUND
         The prosecution charged defendant with one felony count of making a criminal
threat. (Pen. Code, § 422, subd. (a).) Defendant pleaded guilty to the crime as a
misdemeanor. The trial court imposed a three-year term of probation and imposed various
fines and fees.

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       The trial court granted defendant a certificate of probable cause and defendant filed a
notice of appeal.
                                         DISCUSSION
       Appointed counsel filed an opening brief setting forth the facts of the case and asked
this court to review the record and determine whether there are any arguable issues on
appeal. (People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d at p. 436.) Defendant was advised by counsel
of the right to file a supplemental brief within 30 days of the date of filing the opening brief.
More than 30 days elapsed and we received no communication from defendant.
       This court has no jurisdiction in this case because “a defendant is not ‘charged with a
felony’ . . . until an information or indictment is filed or a complaint is certified to the
superior court pursuant to [Penal Code] section 859a.” (People v. Nickerson (2005)
128 Cal.App.4th 33, 38.) Although the complaint alleged one felony count of making a
criminal threat, there was no preliminary hearing and defendant entered his plea to making a
criminal threat as a misdemeanor. Accordingly, we will transfer the case to the superior
court appellate division. (Gov. Code, § 68915.)
                                         DISPOSITION
       The appeal is transferred to the appellate division of the superior court.

                                                      /s/
                                                     Ashworth, J.*
We concur:

 /s/
Krause, Acting P. J.

 /s/
Boulware Eurie, J.
*
      Judge of the El Dorado County Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice
pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.

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