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Filed 6/12/15 P. v. Holguin CA2/8
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION EIGHT

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B258494

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. VA135664)
         v.

FELICIA M. HOLGUIN,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County,
Peter Paul Espinoza, Judge. Affirmed.

         Marta I. Stanton, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.

         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

                              _____________________________________

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       Defendant and appellant Felicia M. Holguin appeals from a judgment of
conviction entered after a plea. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Holguin pled no
contest to one count of felony vandalism over $400 (Pen. Code, § 594, subd. (a)),1 and
the trial court dismissed a count alleging misdemeanor vandalism under $400 and a count
alleging first degree residential burglary. The court placed Holguin on formal probation
for three years on the condition that she serve 180 days in county jail. Appointed counsel
filed an opening brief pursuant to the procedures approved in People v. Wende (1979) 25
Cal.3d 436 (Wende). We affirm the judgment.
                                      DISCUSSION
       Holguin and Andres Mendoza have two children; during 2014, they continued a
dating relationship. On June 16, 2014, Holguin went to Mendoza’s residence to drop off
the children. Holguin entered Mendoza’s residence without permission while he was not
home. She broke Mendoza’s bedroom door, entered his bedroom, and took a television
which she then apparently trashed.2
       The People filed an information charging Holguin with misdemeanor vandalism
under $400 (count 1; § 594, subd. (a)), residential burglary (count 2; § 459), and felony
vandalism over $400 (count 3; §594, subd. (a)).
       On June 25, 2014, Holguin entered a plea of no contest to the felony vandalism
charge alleged in count 3, and the trial court dismissed the vandalism charge alleged in
count 1, and the residential burglary charge alleged in count 2. On the same date, the
court placed Holguin on formal probation for three years on condition she serve 180 days
in county jail. The court set a restitution hearing for July 2014. On July 24, 2014, the
trial court ordered Holguin to pay restitution to Mendoza in the amount of $531.70.
Holguin did not request nor obtain a certificate of probable cause.

1      All further undesignated section references are to the Penal Code.

2      Because there was a plea in this case, the facts have been taken from the probation
officer’s report.

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       Holguin filed a timely notice of appeal which expressly indicated that the appeal
was “based on the sentence or other matters occurring after the plea that do not affect the
validity of the plea.”
       We appointed counsel to represent Holguin on appeal. Counsel filed a brief
pursuant to Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436, requesting independent review of the record on
appeal for arguable issues. We thereafter notified Holguin by letter that she could submit
any claim, argument or issues that she wished our court to review. She has not filed any
claim or argument. We have independently reviewed the record on appeal, and find that
appointed counsel has fulfilled her duty, and that no arguable issues exist. (Wende,
supra, 25 Cal.3d 436, People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106.)
                                     DISPOSITION
       The judgment is affirmed.

                                                        BIGELOW, P. J.
We concur:

              FLIER, J.

              GRIMES, J.

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