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                         COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                       DIVISION ONE

                                                STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE,                                                         D067548

         Plaintiff and Respondent,

         v.                                                         (Super. Ct. No. SCD252492)

RENE JAVIER AGUIRRE,

         Defendant and Appellant.

         APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Eugenia

Eyherabide, Judge. Affirmed.

         Theresa Osterman Stevenson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for

Defendant and Appellant.

         Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

         A jury convicted Rene Javier Aguirre of assault by means likely to produce great

bodily injury (Pen. Code,1 § 245, subd. (a)(4); counts 1 and 2) and battery with serious

bodily injury (§ 243, subd. (d); count 3). It found true that as to count 2, Aguirre

1        Statutory references are to the Penal Code.
personally inflicted great bodily injury within the meaning of section 12022.7,

subdivision (a) and as to counts 2 and 3, he personally inflicted great bodily injury within

the meaning of section 1192.7, subdivision (c)(8). The court stayed Aguirre's sentence

and imposed a term of three years probation on condition he spend 365 days in local

custody and waive section 4019 presentence credits. Aguirre appeals under People v.

Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende) and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738

(Anders). We offered Aguirre the opportunity to file his own brief on appeal but he has

not responded.

                                  FACTUAL BACKGROUND

       Jaime Lopez testified that on November 23, 2013, he and Aguirre were having a

friendly chat at a downtown San Diego bar. Aguirre asked him where he was from, and

Lopez replied he was from National City. Aguirre said he was from the neighboring area

called Shelltown in San Diego and, unprovoked, hit Lopez, who lost consciousness.

       Afterwards, as Aguirre walked past a nightclub, he slapped Shaken Bissenkulov,

who was standing outside. Bissenkulov testified that he and his friend, Ruslan

Farutdinov, followed Aguirre, who took off his shirt and fought them. Aguirre punched

Farutdinov in the face and, as a result, Farutdinov was taken to the hospital, where he

received approximately seven stitches to his lips. For a couple of weeks afterwards

Farutdinov suffered from headaches and nausea.

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                                            DISCUSSION

       Appellate counsel states she is unable to identify any reasonably arguable issues

for appeal and has asked this court to review the record for error. (Wende, supra, 25

Cal.3d 436.) Pursuant to Anders, supra, 386 U.S. 738, counsel has identified the

following issues in order to assist the court in its search for error:

       1. Should Aguirre's count 2 conviction be stricken as a lesser included offense of

his count 3 conviction?

       2. Did substantial evidence support the count 3 conviction and the finding Aguirre

did not act in self-defense?

       3. Did sufficient evidence support the finding Aguirre personally inflicted great

bodily injury on Farutdinov?

       4. Did the court abuse its discretion by requiring Aguirre to waive his section

4019 credits to receive probation and in refusing to limit his custody time to time served?

       5. Should Aguirre's enhancement for personally inflicting great bodily injury be

stricken under section 654?

       We have reviewed the entire record consistent with the mandate of Wende, supra,

25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders, supra, 386 U.S. 738. We have not identified any reasonably

arguable issues for reversal on appeal. Aguirre has been represented by competent

counsel on this appeal.

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                                  DISPOSITION

      The judgment is affirmed.

                                                O'ROURKE, J.

WE CONCUR:

BENKE, Acting P. J.

HUFFMAN, J.

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