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Filed 6/14/21 P. v. Pomo CA6
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                IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                      SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

 THE PEOPLE,                                                         H047027
                                                                    (Santa Clara County
           Plaintiff and Respondent,                                 Super. Ct. No. F1661450)

           v.

 ANTHONY JOSEPH POMO,

           Defendant and Appellant.

         Defendant Anthony Joseph Pomo appeals from the judgment entered after a jury
convicted him of residential burglary. Appointed counsel filed an opening brief
summarizing the case but raising no issues. While defendant was serving his prison
sentence, counsel sent him written notice of his right to submit a supplemental brief on
his own behalf. Defendant has not done so. After defendant’s release, counsel attempted
to communicate with him by sending a letter to his last known residence; the letter was
returned as undeliverable. Our independent review of the record has not revealed any
arguable appellate issue. We therefore briefly describe the underlying proceedings and
will affirm the judgment. (See People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, 440–441; People
v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 110.)
         Defendant was charged with two counts of residential burglary under Penal Code
sections 459 and 460. At trial, the prosecution presented direct evidence to prove the first
count: security camera footage from the burglarized home. The video showed a
distinctive truck pulling into the driveway, the driver knocking at the front door to
confirm no one was there, then entering through a side door, and walking around inside.
Law enforcement witnesses testified that the truck was registered to defendant and that
defendant’s booking photo from an arrest in 2014 matched the individual seen in the
security video. The homeowner reported that a gun had been taken from a nightstand,
tools were missing from a truck, and delivered packages had been stolen. The evidence
for the second count was circumstantial: a couple who was acquainted with defendant
both testified that upon discovering a small safe was missing from their home, they began
to suspect defendant had taken it. After they texted him to demand he return the
valuables from the safe (which included jewelry and several thousand dollars cash), some
of the items were anonymously returned.
       The defense called several witnesses. One testified defendant was helping him
install carpet on the date of the burglary captured on video; another witness remembered
seeing him installing carpet but could not recall the precise date. A woman defendant
lived with (a friend of the couple whose safe was stolen) testified that it was actually she
who took the safe.
       The jury found defendant guilty on count one and acquitted him on count two.
The trial court sentenced him to the lower term of two years in state prison and imposed
fines and fees. Defendant was also ordered to pay victim restitution of $1,225.
                                      DISPOSITION
       The judgment is affirmed.

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                               Grover, J.

WE CONCUR:

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Elia, Acting P. J.

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Danner, J.

H047027 - The People v. Pomo