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Filed 10/9/13 P. v. Fike CA5

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             IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                       FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

  THE PEOPLE,
                                                                                             F065632
           Plaintiff and Respondent,
                                                                               (Super. Ct. No. BF139708B)
                     v.

  JONATHAN HARRY FIKE,                                                                     OPINION
           Defendant and Appellant.

                                                     THE COURT*
           APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County. Michael G.
  Bush, Judge.
           Richard Moller, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
  Appellant.
           Office of the State Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for Plaintiff and
  Respondent.
                                                          -ooOoo-

  *        Before Poochigian, Acting P.J., Detjen, J. and Peña, J.
       Appellant, Jonathan Harry Fike, pled no contest to possession for sale of
methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11378). Following independent review of the
record pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, we affirm.
                     FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
       On December 10, 2011, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Bakersfield Police Officer
Clifton Ary was on patrol with Officer Trevor Jones when they observed a Honda Civic
being driven in the parking lot of a Toys R Us store with no light on its rear license plate
and one brake light off. After the Honda stopped, Officer Jones contacted Fike, the
driver, while Officer Ary contacted Fike’s brother, who was seated in the front seat.
Officer Jones asked Fike and his brother for consent to search the vehicle and their
persons and they both consented. The officers then searched Fike and his brother and on
each of them found a small baggie containing suspected methamphetamine. In a purse-
type wallet wedged between the driver’s seat and the console, the officers found
approximately five individually packaged bindles of suspected methamphetamine.
       On March 2, 2012, the district attorney filed an information charging Fike and his
brother with one count each of transportation of methamphetamine (counts 1 & 3/Health
& Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a)) and possession for sale of methamphetamine (counts 2
& 4/Health & Saf. Code, § 11378).
       On March 28, 2012, Fike’s brother filed a motion to suppress.
       On April 5, 2012, Fike joined in the motion.
       On May 14, 2012, the court heard and denied the motion to suppress.
       On May 25, 2012, Fike pled no contest to possession for sale of methamphetamine
in exchange for the dismissal of the remaining count charged against him and a mitigated
16-month local jail term.
       On August 7, 2012, the court sentenced Fike to the stipulated jail term of 16
months.

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       Fike’s appellate counsel has filed a brief which summarizes the facts, with
citations to the record, raises no issues, and asks this court to independently review the
record. (People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436.) Fike has not responded to this court’s
invitation to submit additional briefing.
       Following an independent review of the record, we find that no reasonably
arguable factual or legal issues exist.
                                          DISPOSITION
       The judgment is affirmed.

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