P. v. Pierce
After a preliminary hearing and a discovery motion and pursuant to a plea bargain, defendant pleaded no contest to possessing phencyclidine (PCP) for sale in exchange for a 5-year upper term sentence. (Health and Saf. Code, S 11378.5.) As part of the plea bargain, the court dismissed two other counts (transporting PCP (Health and Saf. Code, S 11379.5, subd. (a)) and evading police while driving with willful disregard for others (Veh. Code, S 2800.2, subd. (a))) and dismissed additional allegations that Pierce committed the crime while on bail for another crime and had a prior drug related felony conviction. (Pen. Code, S 12022.1; Health and Saf. Code, S 11370.2, subd. (b).) Also as part of the plea bargain, the court ordered the sentence to run concurrently with that imposed for another drug related conviction.
Court have examined the entire record and are satisfied that Pierce's attorney has fully complied with her responsibilities and that no arguable issues exist. (People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d at p. 441.) Because Pierce failed to obtain a certificate of probable cause, his appeal is dismissed.
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