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Filed 7/24/15 P. v. Williams CA4/2

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           IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                   FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                       E062659

v.                                                                       (Super.Ct.No. FVI1102487)

BRIAN O’NEAL WILLIAMS,                                                   OPINION

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Miriam Ivy

Morton, Judge. Affirmed.

         Jared M. Hartman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

         Pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, defendant and appellant Brian O’Neal

Williams pled no contest to attempted failure to register as a sex offender annually

(Pen. Code, §§ 664, 290.011, subd. (a)); in return, the remaining allegations were

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dismissed and defendant was sentenced to a stipulated term of eight months in state

prison with credit for time served. Defendant appeals, challenging the sentence or other

matters occurring after the plea, as well as the validity of the plea. We find no error and

affirm.

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                      FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1

          In 1985, defendant was convicted of kidnapping (Pen. Code, § 207) and rape by

force (Pen. Code, § 261) in Los Angeles County and was required to register as a sex

offender.

          On October 4, 2011, a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department detective

responsible for sex offender registration compliance discovered that defendant’s last date

of registration was September 2, 2010, as a transient, and that defendant had failed to

register annually as required by Penal Code section 290. Defendant also had an active

arrest warrant for violating parole and his whereabouts were unknown.

          On October 27, 2011, a felony complaint was filed charging defendant with

transient failing to register annually (Pen. Code, § 290.11, subd. (c); count 1) and failure

to advise prior agency of move (Pen. Code, § 290.013; count 2). The complaint further

alleged that defendant had suffered two prior prison terms. (Pen. Code, § 667.5,

subd. (b).)

          1   The factual background is taken from the sheriff’s reports.

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       On November 2, 2011, an arrest warrant was issued for defendant. Three years

later, on November 19, 2014, defendant was eventually found to be in custody. On

November 26, 2014, the complaint was amended to add attempted failure to register

annually (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 290.011, subd. (a); count 3), as a lesser included offense to

count 1. Defendant thereafter entered into a negotiated plea and pled no contest to

count 3 in exchange for a stipulated term of eight months in state prison.

       After directly examining defendant, the trial court found that defendant had read

and understood his declaration and the plea form; that defendant understood the nature of

the charges and the consequences of the plea; that defendant had knowingly, intelligently,

freely, and voluntarily waived his constitutional rights; that the plea was entered into

freely, voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently; and that there was a factual basis for the

plea. Defendant was thereafter immediately sentenced to eight months in state prison in

accordance with his plea agreement and awarded 46 days credit for time served.

       On December 30, 2014, defendant filed a notice of appeal and a request for a

certificate of probable cause, challenging the validity of the plea. In his request for a

certificate of probable cause, defendant claimed that he was “incompetent to the fact” that

he would be serving a “new prison conviction” and believed that his sentence would run

concurrent with a parole violation. On December 30, 2014, the trial court granted

defendant’s request for a certificate of probable cause.

       On January 26, 2015, an amended notice of appeal was filed, challenging the

sentence or other matters occurring after the plea, as well as the validity of the plea.

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                                      DISCUSSION

       After defendant appealed, upon his request, this court appointed counsel to

represent him. Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979)

25 Cal. 3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, setting forth a statement of

the case, a summary of the facts and potential arguable issues, and requesting this court

conduct an independent review of the record.

       We offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, and he

has not done so.

       Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal. 4th 106, we have

independently reviewed the entire record for potential error and find no arguable error

that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.

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                                      DISPOSITION

       The judgment is affirmed.

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                                                                  McKINSTER
                                                                                            J.
We concur:

RAMIREZ
                       P. J.

CODRINGTON
                          J.

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