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Filed 12/4/20 P. v. Leyva CA3
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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                      THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                                     (Sacramento)
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THE PEOPLE,                                                                                  C091248

                   Plaintiff and Respondent,                                   (Super. Ct. No. 19FE014503)

         v.

GRAVIEL LEYVA,

                   Defendant and Appellant.

         Appointed counsel for defendant Graviel Leyva filed an opening brief setting forth
the facts of the case and asking this court to review the record to determine whether there
are any arguable issues on appeal. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) After
reviewing the entire record, 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, 123-124.)
                         FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
         In August 2019, a woman called 911 after she observed a male grab a woman by
the arm, drag her around a truck, and attempt to shove her into the cab of the truck.

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When sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene, they saw defendant standing outside of a truck
and a woman, the victim, sitting in the passenger seat of the truck with the door open.
The officers observed scratches on the victim’s neck. The victim reported in Spanish that
the scratches were caused when defendant threw her to the ground and slapped her face,
and she said he had done this to her in the past.
       In a second incident nine days later, defendant, who was visibly intoxicated, asked
a security guard at an apartment complex to help him remove a woman from his truck.
The security guard went to the truck to help and saw a woman inside with bruises all over
her arm and face. The woman was crying and intoxicated. The woman, defendant’s
girlfriend, told the security guard that she had been beaten by her boyfriend (defendant).
The guard spoke with her in both Spanish and English. The woman’s daughter then came
outside to the truck and told the security guard that defendant had done this to her mother
before, and 911 was called. A sheriff’s deputy responded and spoke to the victim about
her injuries; the victim reported that defendant punched her in the face, pushed her and
pulled her hair. The victim testified in court that she did not remember how she got the
injuries to her face but she was intoxicated and angry and must have fallen to the ground.
The victim claimed she did not understand the officers when they spoke with her at the
hospital because she does not speak English.
       Defendant was charged with two counts of inflicting corporal injury resulting in a
traumatic condition upon a person with whom the defendant has or has previously had a
dating relationship (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)).1 Following a jury trial, the jury found
defendant guilty of both counts.
       The trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregate term of four years in state
prison as follows: the middle term of three years on count one plus one-third the middle
term, one year, to run consecutively on count two. The court ordered defendant to pay a

1      Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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criminal conviction assessment of $60 (Gov. Code, § 70373), a court operations
assessment of $80 (§ 1465.8), and a restitution fine of $300 (§ 1202.4, subd. (b)), with an
additional $300 parole revocation restitution fine, which was stayed pending successful
completion of parole (§ 1202.45). The court awarded custody credits in the amount of
300 days (150 actual and 150 conduct), and restitution was reserved regarding the victim.
       Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal.
                                       DISCUSSION
       We appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. Counsel filed an opening
brief that sets forth the facts and procedural history of the case and requests this court to
review the record and determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal.
(People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436.) Defendant was advised by counsel of his right
to file a supplemental brief within 30 days from the date the opening brief was filed.
More than 30 days have elapsed, and defendant has not filed a supplemental brief.
Having undertaken an examination of the entire record pursuant to People v. Wende, we
find no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.
                                       DISPOSITION
       The judgment is affirmed.

                                                         KRAUSE                 , J.

We concur:

      RAYE                   , P. J.

      RENNER                 , J.

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