People v. Boshant CA2/7

Filed 9/12/25 P. v. Boshant CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B338075

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. PA099005) v.

ALESSANDRO BOSHANT,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, David Walgren, Judge. Affirmed. Linda L. Gordon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Alessandro Boshant appeals from an order denying his motion to withdraw from his plea of no contest to two counts of receiving stolen property. We appointed counsel to represent

Boshant on appeal. After reviewing the record, counsel for Boshant filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 that did not identify any arguable issues. After independently reviewing the record, we have not identified any either. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Theft Offenses On August 31, 2022 Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Ruben Victor Almanza stopped a car driven by Boshant, with no other passengers.1 Deputy Almanza searched the vehicle and found multiple computer laptops, cell phones, chargers, and other electronics. Deputy Almanza observed that one of the computer laptops “had a severed security cable” attached to it and a label on the back of the computer that stated it was a “shelf display.” Deputy Almanza stated his opinion that the laptop was “a display item that was secured and stolen from a display.” Deputy Almanza was subsequently contacted by a store manager, who confirmed the items had been stolen from an electronics store in Saugus. At the preliminary hearing, defense counsel stipulated for purposes of the hearing that the items in the vehicle had a value exceeding $950. On March 16, 2023 the general manager of a large electronics store in Porter Ranch heard a store alarm go off and saw Boshant walking toward the front door of the store with a severed computer security cord dangling out of the front of his