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Filed 4/13/23 P. v. Pacheco CA2/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                        SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                     DIVISION THREE

 THE PEOPLE,                                                 B320895

        Plaintiff and Respondent,                            Los Angeles County
                                                             Super. Ct. No. VA149403
        v.

 MICHAEL PACHECO,

        Defendant and Appellant.

     APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los
Angeles County, Lee W. Tsao, Judge. Affirmed.
     Nicholas Seymour, under appointment by the Court of
Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
     No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
                          INTRODUCTION

       Defendant Michael Louis Pacheco, Jr. appeals from a
judgment after he was convicted of unlawful possession of
ammunition in violation of Penal Code1 section 30305,
subdivision (a)(1), and possession of a firearm by a felon in
violation of section 29800, subdivision (a)(1). We affirm.

                           BACKGROUND

      By an amended and renumbered information dated April
11, 2022, Pacheco was charged with six crimes: unlawful
possession of ammunition (§ 30305, subd. (a)(1); count 1);
making, possessing or trafficking in incomplete access cards or
card-making equipment (§ 484i, subd. (c); count 2); receiving
stolen property not exceeding $950 in value (§ 496, subd. (a);
count 3); possession of a firearm by a felon (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1);
count 4); possessing a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, §
11377; count 5); and possession for sale of a controlled substance
(Health & Saf. Code, § 11350; count 6). Counts 1, 2, and 4 were
charged as felonies; counts 3, 5, and 6 were charged as
misdemeanors.
      On the first day of trial, Pacheco admitted a prior strike
conviction of voluntary manslaughter. Whittier Police
Department Sergeant Jose Escobedo testified that he assisted in
executing a search warrant on December 5, 2018, at 9124 Danby
Avenue in the City of Santa Fe Springs (the residence). A short
time after Escobedo and others knocked on the door, Pacheco left
the residence and was handcuffed. After he was provided with a

1   Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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copy of the search warrant, Pacheco said he lived at the
residence. Escobedo conducted a pat-down search of Pacheco and
found a set of keys in his right-front pants pocket. Once inside
the residence, Escobedo used the keys to open a safe which
contained a semiautomatic handgun and a sunglass case that
contained .40 caliber and 9mm caliber bullets. At the conclusion
of the trial, the court instructed the jury with, among other
instructions, CALCRIM No. 2591 (unlawful possession of
ammunition) and CALCRIM No. 2511 (possession of a firearm by
a felon). The court also instructed the jury that Pacheco and the
People had stipulated or agreed that Pacheco was previously
convicted of a felony.
       On April 15, 2022, the jury convicted Pacheco of unlawful
possession of ammunition and possession of a firearm by a felon
as charged in counts 1 and 4 of the amended and renumbered
information. The jury found him not guilty of the other counts.
       The court sentenced Pacheco on June 2, 2022. The court
selected count 4 (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1); possession of a firearm by
a felon) as the base term and imposed a sentence of two years,
eight months—the low term of 16 months, doubled for the prior
strike conviction. The conviction for count 1 (§ 30305, subd. (a)(1);
unlawful possession of ammunition) was stayed under section
654.
       Pacheco filed a timely notice of appeal, and we appointed
counsel to represent him. On February 14, 2023, appointed
counsel filed a brief in which he raised no issues and asked us to
review the record independently under People v. Wende (1979) 25
Cal.3d 436. On February 16, 2023, we notified Pacheco that his
attorney had failed to find any arguable issues and that he could

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submit by brief or letter any arguments he wished this court to
consider. We have not received a response.

                         DISCUSSION

      We have examined the entire record, and are satisfied
appellate counsel has fully complied with his responsibilities and
no arguable issues exist in the appeal before us. (People v. Wende,
supra, 25 Cal.3d at p. 443.)

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                     DISPOSITION

    The judgment is affirmed.

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

                                    LAVIN, J.
WE CONCUR:

    EDMON, P. J.

    EGERTON, J.

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