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Date Created: 2014-11-12 22:02:19.76955+00
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Filed 11/12/14 P. v. Hermann CA3
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                      THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                                         (Glenn)

THE PEOPLE,                                                                                  C075496

                   Plaintiff and Respondent,                                       (Super. Ct. Nos.
                                                                               11NCR08616, 13NCR09711,
         v.                                                                        & 13NCR09755)

CHARLES LOUIS HERMANN, JR.,

                   Defendant and Appellant.

         This appeal comes to us pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436
(Wende).
         In case No. 13NCR09711, a felony complaint filed in July 2013 charged defendant
Charles Louis Hermann, Jr., with corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant (count I Pen.
Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)).1
         In case No. 13NCR09755, a complaint filed in September 2013 charged defendant
with transportation of a controlled substance (count I Health & Saf. Code, § 11379, subd.
(a)); transportation of a different controlled substance (count II; Health & Saf. Code,

1        Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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§ 11352, subd. (a)); intent to defraud with license plate (count III; Veh. Code, § 4463,
subd. (a)(1)); and driving without a valid license (count IV; Veh. Code, § 12500, subd.
(a)). As to the three felony counts (counts I, II, & III), it was alleged that defendant was
on bail when he committed the offenses.
       In October 2013, defendant pled no contest to count I in case No. 13NCR09711
and to counts I and III in case No. 13NCR09755, and admitted two violations of
probation in case No. 11NCR08616 (misdemeanor domestic battery, § 243, subd. (e)(1)).
In return, the People agreed not to file charges in another alleged domestic violence case.
It was understood that the maximum sentence as to case No. 13NCR09711 was four
years in state prison and the maximum sentence as to case No. 13NCR09755 was four
years eight months, but a probation report which would combine all the cases for
purposes of a sentencing report would be issued.
       According to the sheriff’s report in case No. 13NCR09711, on July 12, 2013,
defendant and his live-in girlfriend had an argument. Defendant spit on her and yelled in
her face, then pushed her backwards. After she fell to the floor, he got on top of her and
punched her about the head and upper torso.
       According to the sheriff’s report in case No. 13NCR09755, an uniformed patrol
officer in a marked K-9 patrol car saw a truck driven by defendant pull out onto Highway
99, directly into the path of an oncoming vehicle which had to brake to avoid the truck.
On making a traffic stop of defendant’s truck, the officer determined that defendant’s
driver’s license had expired. The officer’s dog alerted to the odor of a drug while
sniffing the truck’s exterior. The officer searched the interior and found a camouflage
bag that held a methamphetamine smoking pipe; two baggies, one appearing to contain
methamphetamine and the other marijuana; three used syringes; and an unlabeled pill
bottle containing prescription-only medications. A further search detected seven
California license plates behind the truck’s bench seat. Three of the plates were
registered to defendant, but did not belong to the truck. Another plate, which was not

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attached to the truck, belonged to the truck, but defendant was not the truck’s registered
owner and the registration had not been paid since 2005. The other plates belonged to
other persons and other vehicles.
       In November 2013, the trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregate term of
four years eight months in state prison in case Nos. 13NCR09711 and 13NCR09755,
consisting of the middle term of three years on count I in case No. 13NCR09711, plus
one year (one-third the middle term) on count I and eight months (one-third the middle
term) on count III in case No. 13NCR09755. The court also sentenced defendant to one
year in county jail in case No. 11NCR08616, to run consecutively to his state prison term.
The court awarded defendant 129 days of presentence custody credits (65 actual days &
64 conduct days), ascribed entirely to case No. 13NCR09755. The court imposed an
$820 restitution fine and a suspended parole revocation restitution fine in the same
amount in case No. 13NCR09711, and a $560 restitution fine and a suspended parole
revocation restitution fine in the same amount in case No. 13NCR09755.
       We appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. Counsel filed an opening
brief that sets forth the facts of the case and requests this court to review the record and
determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d
436.) Defendant was advised by counsel of the right to file a supplemental brief within
30 days of the date of filing of the opening brief. More than 30 days elapsed, and we
received no communication from defendant. Having undertaken an examination of the
entire record, we find no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favorable
to defendant.
       We must remand the matter to the trial court, however, because the record does
not show that the court entered any disposition as to as to counts II and IV and the on-bail
allegations in case No. 13NCR09755.

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                                       DISPOSITION
       Defendant’s convictions are affirmed. The matter is remanded to the trial court
with directions to enter a disposition as to counts II and IV and the on-bail allegations in
case No. 13NCR09755, to prepare an amended abstract of judgment that sets out that
disposition, and to forward a certified copy of the amended abstract of judgment to the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

                                             BLEASE                     , Acting P. J.

We concur:

         HULL                       , J.

         MURRAY                     , J.

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