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Date Created: 2015-11-19 19:02:25.489301+00
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Filed 11/19/15 P. v. Link CA3
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           IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                     THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                                         (Butte)
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THE PEOPLE,                                                                             C078551

                   Plaintiff and Respondent,                               (Super. Ct. Nos. CM38606,
                                                                            CM039222, CM041321)
         v.

CHRISTOPHER ROBERT LINK,

                   Defendant and Appellant.

         Appointed counsel for defendant Christopher Robert Link has asked this court to
review the record to determine whether there exist 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 will 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.)

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       On April 3, 2013, law enforcement approached defendant who was standing on the
lawn in front of a home they suspected was associated with the sale, possession, and use
of methamphetamine. Defendant was sweating and nervous; he advised the detectives
that he had a knife. After he ignored the detectives’ order to keep his hands out of his
pockets, the detectives detained defendant and conducted a patdown search. They found
a nine-inch-long fixed-blade knife, with a five-inch blade, in a nylon sheath concealed
underneath defendant’s front waistband. They arrested defendant and subsequently
found approximately 0.3 grams of methamphetamine on his person.

       The People later charged defendant in Butte County Superior Court case
No. CM038606 with carrying a dirk or dagger (Pen. Code, § 21310)1 and misdemeanor
possession of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a)). Defendant
was released on his own recognizance.

       On June 19, 2013, defendant failed to appear in court. Accordingly, the People
charged defendant in Butte County Superior Court case No. CM039222 with felony
failure to appear in violation of section 1320, subdivision (b). The People also alleged
defendant committed the offense while he was released from custody on bail or his own
recognizance (§ 12022.1).

       On October 23, 2013, defendant pleaded no contest to carrying a dirk or dagger in
case No. CM038606 and failing to appear in case No. CM039222. Defendant also
admitted he committed the crime of failing to appear while he was out of custody on his
own recognizance. In exchange for his plea, the People moved to dismiss (with a
Harvey2 waiver) the remaining charge in case No. CM038606 as well as two other,
unrelated cases. The court granted the People’s motion.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 People v. Harvey (1979) 25 Cal.3d 754.

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          On November 20, 2013, the trial court suspended imposition of sentence and
placed defendant on formal probation for 36 months. The court ordered defendant to pay
various fines and fees and to serve 63 days in county jail, giving him 63 days of custody
credit.

          On June 4, 2014, defendant was found with four codeine pills. As a result, the
People charged defendant with possession of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code,
§ 11350, subd. (a)) in Butte County Superior Court case No. CM041321. Defendant
pleaded no contest to the charge and the trial court sentenced him to 36 months of
Proposition 36 probation.

          On July 9, 2014, the People filed a petition alleging defendant violated his
probation in case No. CM041321 by failing to meet with his probation officer.
Defendant admitted the violation.

          The following week, the People filed a petition alleging defendant violated his
probation in all three cases by failing to appear for drug testing. Defendant admitted the
violations. The court reinstated defendant’s probation and ordered him to complete
residential drug treatment, as directed by the probation department. Defendant
acknowledged he would not receive any custody credits while he was in residential
treatment.

          On January 9, 2015, the People filed another petition alleging defendant violated
his probation in all three cases. Specifically, the People alleged defendant failed to
appear for drug testing on five separate occasions, terminated his participation in the
residential drug treatment program, and failed to meet with his probation officer.
Defendant admitted that he failed to drug test on July 25, 2014, and the remaining
allegations were dismissed with Harvey waivers.

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       The trial court then sentenced defendant, pursuant to a stipulated sentence, to an
aggregate term of four years four months in county prison. (§ 1170, subd. (h)(1), (2).)
The trial court additionally lifted the stay of the $280 probation revocation fine and
ordered all previously imposed fines and fees to be paid. Defendant waived all of his
custody credits.

       Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal. His request for a certificate of probable
cause was denied.

       Counsel filed an opening brief that sets forth the facts of the case and requests that
we 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 have elapsed, and we have 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.

                                      DISPOSITION

       The judgment is affirmed.

                                                        BUTZ                   , Acting P. J.

We concur:

      DUARTE                , J.

      HOCH                  , J.

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