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Date Created: 2022-08-09 18:02:16.681142+00
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Filed 8/9/22 P. v. Castro CA4/2
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           IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                   FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION TWO

 THE PEOPLE,

          Plaintiff and Respondent,                                      E078753

 v.                                                                      (Super. Ct. No. RIF2104295)

 ROBERT CASTRO,                                                          OPINION

          Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Judith Clark, Judge.

Affirmed.

         Siri Shetty, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

         No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

                                                             I.

                                                 INTRODUCTION

         Defendant and appellant Robert Castro appeals following a guilty plea. Counsel

has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders

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v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, requesting this court to conduct an independent review

of the record. In addition, defendant has had an opportunity to file a supplemental brief

with this court and has not done so. Based on our independent review of the record, we

find no error and affirm the judgment.

                                             II.
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                  FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

       On July 11, 2021, a witness was outside cleaning his vehicle when he saw

defendant throw a punch at the victim. Defendant’s punch missed the victim’s head, but

she fell to the ground. As the victim was on the ground, defendant punched her multiple

times with a closed fist. After the witness and his father separated defendant and the

victim, defendant fled the scene and was gone before deputies arrived. During the

change of plea hearing, defendant admitted that he willfully and unlawfully inflicted a

corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition on the victim, someone with whom he

had a dating relationship.

       On October 6, 2021, a complaint was filed charging defendant with one count of

willfully inflicting corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant/girlfriend (Pen. Code, §§ 273.5,

subd. (a), 243, subd. (f)(10)). The complaint further alleged that defendant had suffered a

prior strike conviction (Pen. Code, §§ 667 (c), (e), 1170.12 (c)(1).)

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        The factual background is taken from the arrest warrant and defendant’s
admission at the plea hearing.

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       On January 31, 2022, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement and after waiving

his constitutional rights, defendant pled guilty as charged to inflicting corporal injury on

the victim. He also admitted the truth of prior strike allegation. Thereafter, defendant

requested to be immediately sentenced and waived probation referral. Thus, pursuant to

the plea agreement, the trial court sentenced defendant to the low term of two years,

doubled to four years due to the strike, to prison with credit for time served.

       On March 28, 2022, defendant filed a notice of appeal “based on the sentence or

other matters occurring after the plea that do not affect the validity of the plea.”

Defendant did not request a certificate of probable cause.

                                             III.

                                       DISCUSSION

       After defendant appealed, upon his request, this court appointed counsel to

represent him. Upon examination of the record, counsel has filed a brief under the

authority of People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California, supra, 386

U.S. 738, setting forth a statement of the case, a summary of the facts and potential

arguable issues, and requesting this court conduct an independent review of the record.

       We offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, and he

has not done so.

       An appellate court conducts a review of the entire record to determine whether the

record reveals any issues which, if resolved favorably to defendant, would result in

reversal or modification of the judgment. (People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d at pp. 441-

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442; People v. Feggans (1967) 67 Cal.2d 444, 447-448; Anders v. California, supra, 386

U.S. at p. 744; see People v. Johnson (1981) 123 Cal.App.3d 106, 109-112.)

       Pursuant to the mandate of People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, we have

independently reviewed the entire record for potential error and find no arguable error

that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.

                                           IV.

                                     DISPOSITION

       The judgment is affirmed.

       NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS

                                                                  CODRINGTON
                                                                                          J.

We concur:

RAMIREZ
                       P. J.

McKINSTER
                          J.

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