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Filed 3/10/14 P. v Galindo CA3
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           IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                     THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                                        (Sutter)
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THE PEOPLE,                                                                             C073609

                   Plaintiff and Respondent,                              (Super. Ct. No. CRF11-0245)

         v.

MARTIN ANTHONY GALINDO,

                   Defendant and Appellant.

         Defendant Martin Anthony Galindo pleaded no contest to attempted murder and
admitted the use of a firearm during the offense in exchange for a negotiated plea
agreement of 17 years in state prison. This case comes to us pursuant to People v. Wende
(1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436 (Wende) and 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).
Having reviewed the record as required by Wende, we shall affirm the judgment.

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                     FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

       On January 31, 2011, Troy Robinson approached a van parked in the parking lot
of the Palisades Hotel in Yuba City. He knew the owner of the van, Steve Smith. As
Robinson spoke with Smith, defendant approached the van and began acting
“belligerent.” Defendant was yelling at Smith; Robinson told defendant to leave.
Initially, defendant refused but soon left the parking lot only to return about 20 minutes
later. When defendant returned, he seemed angry. Robinson remembered seeing
defendant with a small handgun, and then nothing until he awoke from a coma in the
hospital.

       An investigation revealed two witnesses heard gunshots and both saw a man flee
the scene. A third witness saw defendant walking away from the van after the shots were
fired while everyone else was running; that witness thought defendant was trying not to
attract attention.

       Law enforcement interviewed defendant shortly after the shooting. Defendant
appeared intoxicated. He said a 30-year-old man near the van was challenging everyone
to a fight but defendant did not engage him. Defendant also said he heard shooting from
inside the van. He also told law enforcement the men inside the van had stolen a bottle of
whiskey from him earlier that day. Defendant was taken to the hospital by law
enforcement for a blood draw. During that drive, defendant told the transporting officer
that he shot Robinson because Robinson owed him $20.

       A handgun was later recovered from the scene, from the top of an axle on a parked
semi-truck (where defendant later told law enforcement the gun would be found). A
holster for the handgun was found under defendant’s vehicle, which was parked in the
same lot. That same gun was found during a search of defendant’s residence in 2009.
Defendant initially told law enforcement he had not fired any guns since 2009; however,

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when asked to submit to a gun residue test, he said he had fired a gun only three days
earlier.

       Defendant was later charged with premeditated, attempted murder. (Pen. Code,
§ 664/187).1 The People further alleged defendant discharged a firearm (§ 12022.53,
subd. (d)) and personally inflicted great bodily injury during the commission of his crime
(§ 12022.7, subd. (a)). The information was later amended and defendant pleaded no
contest to the reduced charge of attempted murder without premeditation. (§ 664/187.)
Defendant also admitted to using a firearm during the commission of his crime.
(§ 12022.53, subd. (b).) Defendant and the People stipulated to an aggregate term of 17
years in state prison. The remaining allegation was dismissed on the People’s motion.

       Defendant was immediately sentenced in accordance with his plea agreement.
The trial court awarded defendant 681 days of custody credit (593 actual and 88 conduct)
and ordered him to pay various fines and fees. Defendant appeals; his request for a
certificate of probable cause was denied. (§ 1237.5.)

                                       DISCUSSION

       We appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. Counsel filed an opening
brief setting forth the facts of the case and, pursuant to Wende, supra, 25 Cal. 3d 436,
requesting the court to review the record and determine whether there are any arguable
issues on appeal. 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.

       Defendant filed a supplemental brief contending he received ineffective assistance
of trial counsel because she failed to file a peremptory challenge under Code of Civil
Procedure section 170.6, rushed him into accepting the plea agreement, and failed to
adequately represent his interests prior to entering into the plea agreement. These claims

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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arose prior to defendant’s plea and effectively challenge the validity of his plea.
Accordingly, they are not reviewable in the absence of a certificate of probable cause.
(People v. Stubbs (1998) 61 Cal. App. 4th 243, 244-245.)

       We also have undertaken an examination of the entire record pursuant to Wende,
and we find no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favorable to
defendant.

                                      DISPOSITION

       The judgment is affirmed.

                                                        BUTZ                   , Acting P. J.

We concur:

      MAURO                 , J.

      HOCH                  , J.

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