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Filed 3/23/16 P. v. Luna CA2/1
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                  DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE,                                                          B265007

         Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Los Angeles County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. YA091259)
         v.

JOHNATHON ANTHONY LUNA,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles, Alan B.
Honeycutt, Judge. Affirmed.
         Cynthia L. Barnes, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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       In a November 25, 2014 information, the People charged Johnathon Anthony
Luna with one count of second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211) and one count of
felony possession of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a).)
The information further alleged that Luna personally used a firearm in count 1 (Pen.
Code, § 12022.53, subd. (b)) and suffered a prior strike for a prior serious felony
conviction (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subd. (d) & 1170.12, subd. (b)) for a 2002 robbery.
       On January 26, 2015, count 2 was reduced to a misdemeanor. On March 17, 2015,
pursuant to a waiver of his trial rights, defendant entered a no contest plea to the robbery
charge, admitted to the use of a firearm in count 1, and admitted the prior strike based on
the 2002 robbery. Count 2 was dismissed.
       Before the plea was accepted, the People stated that the agreed disposition was 14
years based on a low term on count 1 with an admission of the prior strike and 10 years
on the firearm enhancement, and striking the five years on the prior. Luna stated that he
understood he would be sentenced to 14 years in state prison.
       At sentencing on March 27, 2015, the court sentenced Luna pursuant to the plea
agreement, selecting the low term of two years for count 1, doubled for a base term of
four years, and imposed an additional term of 10 years under the firearm enhancement
and resulting in an aggregate sentence of 14 years in state prison.
       Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal from the sentence and the validity of the
plea and sought issuance of a certificate of probable to challenge his plea, claiming
ineffective assistance of counsel because he did not receive the sentence he was told he
would receive. The trial court denied the request for a certificate.
       We appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. After examination of the
record, appointed counsel filed an opening brief raising no issues and asking this court to
independently review the record. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, 441.) On
January 4, 2016, we sent letters to defendant and appointed counsel, directing counsel to
immediately forward the appellate record to defendant and advising defendant that he had
30 days within which to personally submit any contentions or issues he wished us to
consider. To date, defendant has not responded.

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       Defendant’s guilty plea and the trial court’s denial of a certificate of probable
cause limit the potential scope of defendant’s appeal to “constitutional, jurisdictional, or
other grounds going to the legality of the proceedings,” “[g]rounds that arose after entry
of the plea and do not affect the plea’s validity” or “[t]he denial of a motion to suppress
evidence under Penal Code section 1538.5.” (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.304(b); Pen.
Code, § 1237.5.) We have examined the entire record and have found that no arguable
issues of any sort exist, let alone issues cognizable without a certificate of probable cause.
We are satisfied that defendant’s appointed counsel has fully complied with her
responsibilities and that no arguable issues exist. (People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106,
109-110; People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d at p. 441.)
                                      DISPOSITION
       The judgment is affirmed.

                                                  CHANEY, J.

We concur:

              ROTHSCHILD, P. J.

              JOHNSON, J.

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