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Date Created: 2013-10-23 21:12:32.814603+00
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Filed 10/23/13 P. v. Agheli CA3
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                      THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                                      (El Dorado)
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THE PEOPLE,

                   Plaintiff and Respondent,                                                 C072922

         v.                                                                    (Super. Ct. No. P10CRF0512)

PAYAM AGHELI,

                   Defendant and Appellant.

         Appointed counsel for defendant Payam Agheli has filed an opening brief that sets
forth the facts of the case and asks this court to review the record and determine whether
there are any arguable issues on appeal. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436
(Wende).) Finding no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favorable to
defendant, we affirm the judgment.
         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.)
         On June 10, 2007, defendant provided alcohol to several minors at a community
clubhouse. The victim, a 15-year-old female, became extremely intoxicated and
collapsed on the couch. Although her memory of the events after that was intermittent,

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she recalled defendant coming from behind her, pushing her shorts aside, and putting
something in her vagina. Video surveillance tapes showed the victim had been
staggering and falling down prior to collapsing on the couch, and showed defendant
thereafter coming up behind her, adjusting her shorts, and thrusting his hips. Defendant
admitted to having his penis out of his pants, having rubbed his penis on the victim’s
vaginal area, and inserting his fingers inside her vagina twice. He claimed he was also
intoxicated at the time.
       On November 2, 2007, defendant pled no contest to sexual penetration on a person
who was prevented from resisting due to an intoxicating, anesthetic, and controlled
substance, in violation of Penal Code section 289, subdivision (e).1 In exchange for his
plea, it was agreed he would not be sentenced to prison at the outset and three related
felony charges were dismissed. The trial court granted defendant formal probation for
five years with conditions including, inter alia, that defendant obey all laws, not possess
marijuana, participate in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs, submit to urine
analysis, abstain from drinking alcohol, not be in places where alcohol is the chief item of
sale, and obtain sex offense counseling as directed by the probation officer.
       In March 2009, a petition for violation of probation was filed alleging defendant
had been arrested for possession of marijuana. Defendant admitted the violation;
probation was revoked and restored upon the original aforementioned conditions.
       In May 2010, a second petition for violation of probation was filed alleging
defendant had failed to participate in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs and failed
to submit to urine analysis. Defendant admitted the violations; probation was revoked
and restored upon the original aforementioned conditions. The case was thereafter
transferred from Sacramento to El Dorado County.

1      Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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       In January 2011, a third petition for violation of probation was filed alleging
defendant had been driving under the influence of alcohol, had failed to abstain from
drinking alcohol, had been in a place where alcohol is the chief item of sale, and had
failed to participate in a sex offender program as directed by the probation officer.
Defendant admitted the violations; probation was revoked and then restored upon the
original aforementioned conditions.
       In February 2012, a fourth petition for violation of probation was filed alleging
defendant had failed to abstain from drinking alcohol, had committed Vehicle Code
violations, had been suspended from the sex offender program, and had failed to attend
required Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Defendant admitted the violations of
probation. The trial court then ordered a diagnostic evaluation pursuant to section
1203.03.
       Sentencing took place on November 7, 2012, after defendant’s return from the
diagnostic facility. The trial court terminated probation and imposed the midterm
sentence of six years in state prison. The trial court also imposed various fines and fees
including a $1,200 restitution fine. Defendant received 489 actual days and 244 conduct
days, for a total of 733 days of presentence custody credit.
       Defendant appeals. He did not obtain a certificate of probable cause. (§ 1237.5.)
We appointed counsel to represent defendant.
       Appointed counsel filed an opening brief that sets forth the facts of the case and
requests this court to review the record and determine whether there are any arguable
issues on appeal. (Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436.) 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. More than 30 days elapsed, and we received no communication from defendant.
       Having undertaken an examination of the entire record, we find no arguable error
that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.

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                                  DISPOSITION
     The judgment is affirmed.

                                                HOCH   , J.

We concur:

       ROBIE          , Acting P. J.

        BUTZ          , J.

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