Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-18 18:02:32.044089+00
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Filed 4/18/23 P. v. Pereida CA3
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                IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                      THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                                         (Yolo)
                                                            ----

 THE PEOPLE,                                                                                   C096801

                    Plaintiff and Respondent,                                             (Super. Ct. No.
                                                                                          CR-2018-6071)
           v.

 DAVID MADRID PEREIDA,

                    Defendant and Appellant.

         Appointed counsel for defendant David Madrid Pereida has asked this court to
conduct an independent review of the record to determine whether there are any arguable
issues on appeal. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) We will affirm.
         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 October 2018, law enforcement officers found defendant in possession of a
shotgun while he was on postrelease community supervision. (People v. Pereida

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(Sept. 24, 2021, C090402) [nonpub. opn.].)1 During jury selection at defendant’s trial,
the prosecutor used peremptory challenges to dismiss three potential jurors who appeared
to be African-American and defendant made a Batson/Wheeler2 motion, which the trial
court denied. The jury later found defendant guilty of being a felon in possession of a
firearm, defendant admitted a prior strike, and the trial court sentenced him to six years in
prison. Defendant appealed and we conditionally reversed for the trial court to conduct
further proceedings under Batson/Wheeler.
       On remand, the prosecutor filed a brief arguing there were race-neutral reasons for
dismissing each of the three potential jurors. Defendant filed a responsive brief arguing
the passage of time does not permit the trial court to make a reliable determination and,
alternatively, two of the jurors were dismissed for discriminatory reasons. On July 27,
2022, the trial court held a hearing and found there were race-neutral reasons for
dismissing the potential jurors and denied the Batson/Wheeler challenge.
                                       DISCUSSION
       Defendant’s appointed counsel has asked this court to conduct an independent
review of the record to 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.
We have undertaken an examination of the entire record and find no arguable error that
would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.

1      On our own motion, we take judicial notice of our opinion in defendant’s direct
appeal. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d) [permitting a court to take judicial notice of records
of “any court of this state”].)
2     Batson v. Kentucky (1968) 476 U.S. 79 [90 L.Ed.2d 69] and People v. Wheeler
(1978) 22 Cal.3d 258.

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                                  DISPOSITION
     The judgment is affirmed.

                                                KRAUSE   , J.

We concur:

     MAURO              , Acting P. J.

     MESIWALA           , J.

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