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Filed 10/9/14 P. v. Hipes 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,                                                                                  C075873

                   Plaintiff and Respondent,                                    (Super. Ct. No. CM039935)

         v.

CHARLES DEAN HIPES, JR.,

                   Defendant and Appellant.

         This case comes to us pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436 (Wende).
Having reviewed the record as required by Wende, 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, 124.)

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                                     BACKGROUND
        Law officers received a report that two sets of keys and a cell phone were stolen
from a park bench. Defendant Charles Dean Hipes, Jr., who officers knew had been
involved in a number of thefts, was nearby. Officers contacted him, conducted a
probation search, and recovered the keys and cell phone. In addition, they found three
hypodermic syringes in defendant’s pants pockets.
        A complaint charged defendant with receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, § 496,
subd. (a)),1 with an additional allegation that defendant had served two prior prison terms
(§ 667.5, subd. (b)), and possession of an injection/ingestion device (Health & Saf. Code,
§ 11364.1, subd. (a)(1)).
        Defendant pleaded no contest to receiving stolen property, with an agreed
maximum sentence of three years. The remaining charges were dismissed. The trial
court sentenced defendant to the upper term of three years and ordered defendant to pay a
$280 restitution fund fine (§ 1202.4), a $30 conviction assessment (Gov. Code, § 70373),
and a $40 court operations assessment (§ 1465.8). The court awarded defendant 141 days
of presentence custody credits. The trial court denied defendant’s request for a certificate
of probable cause.
                                      DISCUSSION
        We appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. Counsel filed an opening
brief setting forth the facts of the case and, pursuant to Wende, supra, 25 Cal. 3d 436,
requesting the court to review the record and determine whether there are any arguable
issues on appeal. 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. We have undertaken an

1   Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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examination of the entire record pursuant to Wende, and we find no arguable error that
would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant.
                                    DISPOSITION
      The judgment is affirmed.

                                                             RAYE          , P. J.

We concur:

         BLEASE            , J.

         HULL              , J.

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