People v. Vang CA5

Filed 3/4/25 P. v. Vang CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE, F087947 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 23CRST000107) v.

SNUK VANG, OPINION Defendant and Appellant.

THE COURT* APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Fresno County. James A. Kelley, Judge. Allan E. Junker, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Office of the State Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for Plaintiff and Respondent. -ooOoo-

* Before Levy, Acting P. J., Franson, J. and Snauffer, J.

INTRODUCTION Appellant and defendant Snuk Vang (appellant) was ordered to register as a sex offender (Pen. Code,1 § 290) after he pleaded no contest to two counts of violating section 288, subdivision (a). The trial court later denied his petition to terminate his registration because it found he failed to complete the required minimum time period for registration. On appeal, appellant’s counsel filed a brief that summarized the facts with citations to the record, raised no issues, and asked this court to independently review the record. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Appellant has not filed a supplemental brief. We affirm. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On November 16, 1999, appellant (born 1970) pleaded no contest to two counts of committing lewd or lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14 years (§ 288, subd. (a)), with both offenses occurring in 1997. The trial court dismissed the other charges and allegations. On August 15, 2000, the trial court sentenced appellant to the midterm of six years for the first count, and a consecutive term of two years (one-third the midterm) for the second count, for an aggregate term of eight years. The court stayed execution of sentence for three years and ordered appellant to register as a sex offender (§ 290). On October 22, 2003, appellant admitted he violated probation. The terms of probation were modified to require serving 30 days in custody. In December 2005, appellant pleaded guilty to felony criminal threats (§ 422). On January 23, 2006, the abstract of judgment was filed that showed probation was revoked in appellant’s prior case for the section 288, subdivision (a) convictions, and he was