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Filed 3/19/15 P. v. Rupp CA4/1
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                         COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                       DIVISION ONE

                                                STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE,                                                         D066718

         Plaintiff and Respondent,

         v.                                                         (Super. Ct. No. SCD255753)

JACQUELINE R. RUPP,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Polly H.

Shamoon and Timothy R. Walsh, Judges. Affirmed.

         Cannon & Harris and Donna L. Harris, under appointment by the Court of Appeal,

for Defendant and Appellant.

         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

         Jacqueline R. Rupp appeals from a judgment following her guilty plea to a single

count of possession of methamphetamine for purpose of sale (Health & Saf. Code,

§ 11378). Appointed appellate counsel filed a brief presenting no argument for reversal,
but inviting this court to review the record for error in accordance with People v. Wende

(1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436 (Wende). Rupp has not responded to our invitation to file a

supplemental brief. After having independently reviewed the entire record for error as

required by Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders) and Wende, we affirm.

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                   FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

       Arising out of a theft of merchandise at Walmart and the subsequent discovery of

drugs in Rupp's vehicle,1 Rupp was charged with possession for sale of heroin (Health &

Saf. Code, § 11351); possession of heroin (id., § 11350, subd. (a)); possession for sale of

methamphetamine (id., § 11378); possession of methamphetamine (id., § 11377, subd.

(a)); burglary (Pen. Code, § 459); grand theft of personal property (id., § 487, subd. (a));

petty theft with prior theft convictions (id., §§ 484, 666, subd. (a)); and driving with a

suspended license (Veh. Code, § 14601.2, subd. (a)). The information further alleged

three probation denial priors. (Pen. Code, § 1203, subd. (e)(4).)

       On June 25, 2014, Rupp pled guilty to possession for sale of methamphetamine

(Health & Saf. Code, § 11378), and the People dismissed the remainder of the complaint.

The guilty plea form that Rupp signed stated that the People had agreed that Rupp would

be sentenced to 16 months in local custody, and the trial court recited that agreement on

the record when taking Rupp's guilty plea. As the factual basis for the guilty plea, Rupp

stated that she knowingly possessed methamphetamine for the purpose of sale.

1      We base our factual description on the probation officer's report and the
preliminary hearing transcript.
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       The trial court sentenced Rupp to 16 months in local custody and ordered that the

sentence be served concurrently with the sentences in three other cases. At sentencing

the trial court rejected Rupp's request that she be placed on probation with a reference to

drug court.

       Rupp filed a notice of appeal and obtained a certificate of probable cause from the

trial court for the appeal. In the request for the certificate of probable cause, Rupp stated

that she was not adequately advised by her attorney of the consequences of her plea or the

possibility of a Marsden hearing (People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal. 3d 118).

                                              II

                                       DISCUSSION

       Appointed appellate counsel has filed a brief summarizing the facts and

proceedings in the trial court. Counsel presented no argument for reversal but invited this

court to review the record for error in accordance with Wende, supra, 25 Cal. 3d 436.

       Pursuant to Anders, supra, 386 U.S. 738, counsel identified as a possible but not

arguable issues (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying Rupp's request

for a grant of probation with a referral to drug court; and (2) whether the record on appeal

supports a claim that Rupp received ineffective assistance of counsel as to the

consequences of her plea.

       After we received counsel's brief, we gave Rupp an opportunity to file a

supplemental brief, but Rupp did not respond.

       A review of the record pursuant to Wende, supra, 25 Cal. 3d 436, and Anders,

supra, 386 U.S. 738, including the issue suggested by counsel, has disclosed no

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reasonably arguable appellate issue. Rupp has been adequately represented by counsel

on this appeal.

                                    DISPOSITION

       The judgment is affirmed.

                                                                             IRION, J.

WE CONCUR:

HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.

O'ROURKE, J.

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