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Filed 2/27/13 P. v. Munoz CA1/4
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                       FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION FOUR

THE PEOPLE,
         Plaintiff and Respondent,
                                                                     A136521
v.
MICAELLE MUNOZ,                                                      (Solano County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. VCR199303)
         Defendant and Appellant.

         Defendant Micaelle Munoz timely appealed after the trial court ordered that the
terms of her probation be modified. Her counsel has asked this court for an independent
review of the record to determine whether there are any arguable issues. (People v.
Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) We find no arguable issues and affirm.
         On August 13, 2009, defendant pleaded no contest pursuant to a plea agreement to
one count of grand theft by embezzlement (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (a)) in connection
with taking money from her employer, a Mervyn’s department store, by improperly
marking down items and selling them to family members over a four-month period. The
trial court placed defendant on three years’ probation and ordered her to pay restitution to
the department store. Because Mervyn’s declared bankruptcy and went out of business,
the trial court modified the terms of probation on April 16, 2010, and ordered defendant
to pay $5,000 to the victim’s restitution fund.
         The probation department requested in May 2012 that defendant’s probation be
extended to allow her to pay down the outstanding restitution-order balance, then totaling
somewhere between $3,445 and $3,800. At a hearing on August 17, 2012, the trial court

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reduced the total amount owed by defendant to $1,000, to be directed to a Mervyn’s
representative through the district attorney’s office, and extended defendant’s probation
for an additional nine months to allow time for full repayment.
       No error appears in the modification of defendant’s probation. A court may
modify and extend probation where a defendant has been unable to pay full restitution
within the original probationary period. (Pen. Code, § 1203.3, subds. (a) [power to
modify probation], (b)(4) [court may modify time and manner of probation term for
purpose of measuring timely payment of restitution obligations]; People v. Cookson
(1991) 54 Cal.3d 1091, 1095.) Defendant was represented by counsel throughout the
proceedings, including at the hearing where the challenged order was made.
       There are no meritorious issues to be argued on appeal. The trial court’s order
modifying probation is affirmed.

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                                                 Humes, J.

We concur:

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Reardon, Acting P.J.

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Rivera, J.

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