P. v. Spiers
In the course of investigating the possibility that utility pole ground wires were being stolen and then sold to a recycling center in Needles, the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department contacted the recycling center and learned that the center had received suspicious wire scrap metal from certain individuals whom employees were able to describe. The following day, defendant and his coparticipant were contacted at the same recycling center and questioned. Defendant insisted that he had obtained the wire off downed poles left in the desert.
Defendant was arrested and charged with grand theft of personal property (Pen. Code, 487, subd. (a)) and receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, 496, subd. (a)). Subsequently, defendant, represented by counsel, pleaded no contest to receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, 496, subd. (a)) in exchange for a maximum prison lid of no more than two years in state prison. Following a sentencing hearing, defendant was sentenced to two years in state prison.
Defendant appealed from matters occurring after the plea or based on the sentence, failed to obtain a certificate of probable cause, and upon his request this court appointed counsel to represent him. Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 [87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493] setting forth a statement of the case, a summary of the facts, and potential arguable issues and requesting this court to undertake a review of the entire record.
Court offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, and he has done so. In his supplemental brief, defendant makes arguments related to four purported arguable issues: (1) failure to see the judge in a timely manner; (2) his innocence, (3) the pressure he felt by the officer in charge in pleading guilty, and (4) his unfair sentence. Court have reviewed the entire record and the contentions both of counsel and defendant, and Court have found no arguable issues.
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