People v. Singh CA2/4

Filed 7/10/25 P. v. Singh CA2/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

THE PEOPLE, B336481

Plaintiff and (Los Angeles County Respondent, Super. Ct. No. SA105967 )

v.

JONATHAN MICHAEL SINGH,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lauren Weis Birnstein, Judge. Affirmed. Stephanie L. Gunther, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

INTRODUCTION Appellant Jonathan Michael Singh, Jr. pled no contest to three counts of unlawful possession of firearms and one count of conspiracy to commit assault with a firearm. The trial court sentenced him to five years and four months. Singh obtained a certificate of probable cause and appealed. Singh’s appointed counsel filed a brief requesting that this court independently review the record for error. (See People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, 441 (Wende).) Singh did not file a supplemental brief. We have conducted an independent examination of the entire record and have found no arguable issues. We therefore affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND At the preliminary hearing, K.S.1 testified that on the afternoon of December 1, 2020, she was at the Venice Beach boardwalk with her boyfriend, her sister K.T., and K.T.’s husband. The two women rented electric scooters, and the two men rented electric bikes from a shop on the boardwalk, Star Bike Rental. K.S. testified that to rent the bikes and scooters, she had to leave her identification at the shop. The batteries on the scooters died while the couples were riding back from Malibu. The sisters called the phone number listed on the scooters, but the calls were not answered. The sisters got a ride from Lyft or Uber back to the bike shop; the men rode their electric bikes back and met them there. K.S. testified that the four of them went into the bike shop. An employee did not want to return K.S.’s identification to her