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Filed 5/9/16 P. v. MacDaniel CA4/3

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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

     Plaintiff and Respondent,                                         G052098

         v.                                                            (Super. Ct. No. P00674)

ROBERT YULE MACDANIEL,                                                 OPINION

     Defendant and Appellant.

                   Appeal from a postjudgment order of the Superior Court of Orange County,
Craig E. Robison, Retired Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.) Affirmed.
                   Kendall Dawson Wasley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for
Defendant and Appellant.
                   No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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              After a contested parole revocation hearing the court found defendant
Robert Yule MacDaniel violated parole by absconding supervision and removing his
global positioning system (GPS) monitoring device. The court revoked and reinstated his
parole and sentenced him to 170 days in jail. MacDaniel timely appealed.
              We appointed counsel to represent MacDaniel on appeal. Counsel filed a
brief summarizing the proceedings and facts of the case and advised the court she found
no arguable issues to assert on defendant’s behalf. (Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S.
738; People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436.) To assist us in our independent review of
the record, counsel suggested we consider the issues discussed below.
              Counsel and this court both notified MacDaniel that he could file a
supplemental brief on his own behalf. However, we received no supplemental brief from
him and the time for him to file one has passed.
                                         FACTS
              Parole Agent Truong supervised MacDaniel. He testified another parole
agent reviewed the terms and conditions of parole with MacDaniel, and MacDaniel
initialed and signed a written statement of those terms and conditions.
              Among other things, MacDaniel was required to participate in GPS
monitoring as a condition of his parole. The GPS device assigned to and worn by
MacDaniel was identified by a serial number.
              On January 15, 2015, Truong received a text message indicating
MacDaniel’s GPS device had suffered a “master tamper.” Truong then sent several alerts
to the GPS device instructing MacDaniel to contact Truong. MacDaniel did not respond,
so Truong went to the last known location of the GPS device.
              Truong found the GPS device in the bushes, but MacDaniel was not there.
The GPS device was missing pieces. One side was intact and the other was broken.
Truong testified the only way to get the GPS device off was to cut or break it.
MacDaniel did not report to Truong as required for 40 days ending February 25, 2015.

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                                     DISCUSSION
             We have independently reviewed the entire record according to our
obligations under Anders v. California, supra, 386 U.S. 738 and People v. Wende, supra,
25 Cal. 3d 436, and we have found no arguable issues on appeal.
             (1) Counsel suggests we consider whether the People presented sufficient
evidence to support the finding MacDaniel violated his parole. They did. (Pen. Code, §§
1203.2, subds. (a), (b)(1), 1203.3, subd. (b), 3000.08, 3010.10; see People v. Rodriguez
(1990) 51 Cal. 3d 437, 447 [burden of proof is preponderance of the evidence].)
             (2) Counsel suggests we consider whether the People’s evidence was
properly admitted and considered by the court. We have found no evidentiary error.
             (3) Counsel suggests we consider whether the 170-day county jail sentence
was proper. It was. The sentence was well within the court’s substantial discretion.
                                     DISPOSITION
             The judgment is affirmed.

                                                THOMPSON, J.

WE CONCUR:

O’LEARY, P. J.

IKOLA, J.

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