P. v. Jimenez CA2/7

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B244381

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VA122146) v.

SALVADOR SANCHEZ JIMENEZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Robert J. Higa, Judge. Affirmed. Salvador Sanchez Jimenez, in pro. per., and Suzann E. Papagoda, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Salvador Sanchez Jimenez appeals from the judgment entered following his conviction by a jury of second degree robbery, attempted robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon with related firearm-use findings. No meritorious issues have been identified by Jimenez’s appointed counsel or by our own independent review of the record and analysis of the contentions presented by Jimenez in a handwritten supplemental brief. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. The Charges An amended information charged Jimenez and Katherine Lezama1 with two counts of second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211, counts 1 & 2),2 and one count of attempted second degree robbery (§§ 211, 664, count 3). Jimenez was also charged with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon (§ 12021, subd. (a)(1), count 4). The information further alleged as to counts 1, 2, and 3 that Jimenez and Lezama had personally used a firearm (§ 12022.53, subd. (b)), a principal was armed with a firearm (§12022, subds. (a)(1) [handgun] & (a)(2) [Uzi]) and the offenses were committed to benefit a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(C)). As to all counts it was specially alleged that Jiminez had previously served two separate prison terms for felonies (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). Represented by appointed counsel, Jimenez pleaded not guilty to the charges and denied the special allegations.