P. v. Clarke

Filed 10/30/06 P. v. Clarke CA2/1

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Barry A. Taylor, Judge. Affirmed.

Rachel Lederman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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DISCUSSION

Defendant Robert John Clarke appeals from a judgment of conviction entered after he pled no contest to a charge of mayhem (Pen. Code, § 203) in exchange for dismissal of two additional charges against him and the lower term sentence of two years. We appointed counsel to represent defendant on this appeal. After examination of the record, counsel filed an opening brief in which no issues were raised, inviting us to review the record independently pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, 441. On August 11, 2006, we advised defendant that he had 30 days within which to submit personally any contentions or issues which he wished us to consider. To date, we have received no response from him. We have reviewed the record independently and are satisfied that counsel has performed her duty and no issues of arguable merit exist.

The judgment is affirmed.

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

JACKSON, J.*

We concur:

MALLANO, Acting P. J.

VOGEL, J.

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* Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.