People v. Stanley CA1/5

Filed 4/14/25 P. v. Stanley CA1/5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, A172236 v. DAKOTA LEE STANLEY, (Del Norte County Super. Ct. No. Defendant and Appellant. CF249160)

Dakota Lee Stanley appeals from the judgment imposed after he pled no contest to one felony count of identity theft (Pen. Code, § 530.5, subd. (a)).1 Stanley’s appointed appellate counsel filed a brief raising no issues and asking us to independently review the record pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436. Our independent review of the record reveals no arguable issues, and we affirm.

BACKGROUND

A.

In two transactions occurring in January and February 2024, Stanley transferred more than $20,000, without authorization, from his former employer’s bank account.

Stanley was charged by information with two counts of felony identity theft (§ 530.5, subd. (a); counts one & three) and

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code. 1

two counts of felony grand theft (§ 487, subd. (a); counts two & four). Stanley pled no contest to count one in exchange for a stipulated two-year prison term—which would run concurrently to terms to be served in two other Del Norte County cases and a sentence he was already serving in an unrelated Humboldt County case—and dismissal of the remaining counts with a Harvey waiver.2 At the change of plea hearing, the trial court advised Stanley of the direct consequences of his plea, took oral and written waivers of rights, found a factual basis, and found that the plea was freely and voluntarily made.