Court Opinion

ID: 1084837
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Date Created: 2013-10-09 22:27:01.126837+00
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Filed 10/9/13 P. v. Hageman CA2/4
                     NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
                                                                          
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                 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                           SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                          DIVISION FOUR

THE PEOPLE,                                                                      B243703

           Plaintiff and Respondent,                                             (Los Angeles County
                                                                                  Super. Ct. No. NA092431)
           v.

DAVID HAGEMAN,

           Defendant and Appellant.

           APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County,
Mark C. Kim, Judge. Affirmed.
           Ann Krausz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
           No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
 
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              Defendant David Hageman appeals from the judgment entered after his jury
conviction of second degree robbery. His appointed counsel filed a Wende brief. (People
v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) On June 26, 2013, we directed counsel to send the
record and a copy of counsel’s brief to defendant and notified defendant of his right to
respond within 30 days. No response was filed.
              We briefly describe the facts and procedural history of the case, the crime of
which defendant was convicted, and the punishment imposed. (People v. Kelly (2006)
40 Cal.4th 106, 110.)
              On May 21, 2012, defendant waited in line at a Top Valu Market in Long Beach.
The store surveillance video caught him reaching into the liquor shelf behind the counter,
taking a bottle from the shelf, tucking it in the back of his pants, and leaving the store.
The cashier noticed defendant while he stood in line and overheard him tell another
customer that he did not have money to buy beer. She saw him suddenly walk out of the
store with something that looked like a bottle tucked in the back of his T-shirt. The
cashier called the store’s assistant manager and told him she thought defendant had stolen
a bottle of beer.
              The assistant manager followed defendant outside the store and also noticed
something was tucked in the back of defendant’s shirt. He demanded that defendant
return the bottle. Defendant refused, claiming the bottle was his, and continued walking.
The surveillance video captured the confrontation and showed defendant pushing the
assistant manager. Because defendant was bigger, the manager feared for his own safety
and backed away.
              The cashier and assistant manager identified defendant in a photographic lineup.
Defendant was charged with second degree robbery. (Pen. Code, § 211.)1 A prior
conviction was alleged under section 667.5, subdivision (b). The case was tried to a jury.
Defense counsel argued the video footage did not show clearly that defendant took a
bottle from the store or that defendant behaved aggressively when confronted by the
                                                                                                                                                                                  
              1   All statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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assistant manager. On defense counsel’s request, the court instructed the jury on theft by
larceny as a lesser included offense to the robbery charge. The jury found defendant
guilty as charged. The court found his prior conviction to be true.2 Appellant was
sentenced to the upper term of five years, plus one year for the prior, for a total of six
years in state prison. He received 184 days of custody credits and was charged various
fines and fees.
              We have reviewed the record. No arguable issues for appeal exist.

                                                                              DISPOSITION
              The judgment is affirmed.
              NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

                                                                                                       EPSTEIN, P.J.
We concur:

              WILLHITE, J.

              MANELLA, J.

                                                                                                                                                                                  
              2
       We granted a motion to augment the record on appeal with the record of
defendant’s prior conviction.
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