People v. Smith CA2/1

Filed 8/13/25 P. v. Smith CA2/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 ONE

THE PEOPLE, B340869

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. XSCTA158795) v.

MYRON SMITH,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Patrick Connolly, Judge. Affirmed. Richard B. Lennon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance by Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________________

Defendant Myron Smith appeals from an order revoking his probation. Appointed appellate counsel has filed a brief identifying no arguable issues. We affirm. On March 9, 2023, defendant pleaded no contest to unlawfully causing a fire of a structure (Pen. Code, § 452, subd. (c)). The trial court imposed a two-year sentence but suspended execution of that sentence and placed defendant on formal probation for a period of two years. On May 24, 2023, defendant contacted the probation office by phone and was instructed to report in person. Defendant never reported. The trial court issued a bench warrant. Defendant was either picked up or surrendered on the bench warrant. At a probation revocation hearing held August 19, 2024, a probation officer testified, based on probation department records, that defendant had not reported in person as instructed. Defendant testified when he left “the facility,” he was taken to an office “and they signed me up,” and then he was taken to “another office” where he was “just dropped . . . off.” He was informed he was at the wrong place, but when he tried to find out where he supposed to report, “I never did get any contact with anyone.” Soon after that he “got assaulted” and “hit in the head with a table leg,” resulting in a hospital stay for “about a week or so.” When he left the hospital he tried to find information through the jail as to where to report, but no one gave him the information. On cross-examination, defendant acknowledged he called the probation department, but testified no one told him to whom he should report. He testified he did not seek information from the court because he did not know what court to go to, and he