People v. Toussaint CA4/1

Filed 10/16/25 P. v. Toussaint CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D084912

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD299762)

CORUNDOLUS DEONE TOUSSAINT,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Evan P. Kirvin, Judge. Affirmed. Mytili G. Bala, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

I. INTRODUCTION

Corundolus Deone Toussaint appeals from the judgment on his drug and weapon convictions. His appointed appellate counsel filed an opening brief raising no arguable issues pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende) and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders). Toussaint also filed a supplemental brief on his own behalf. Our independent

review confirms there are no arguable issues on appeal. We therefore affirm the judgment.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background

As part of a year-long investigation into drug sales in San Diego’s East Village, San Diego Police Department (SDPD) Detective Matthew Knutson was conducting undercover surveillance in the 1600 block of K Street at about 10:00 a.m. on February 28, 2024. Knutson had an unobstructed view of Toussaint from an elevated vantage point about 30 yards away. Within about a 15-minute period, Knutson saw five separate transactions in which a person approached Toussaint, and Toussaint then removed from his pants pocket a clear plastic bag containing chunks of a white substance, selected a piece, and handed it to the person. In two of those transactions, Knutson saw the other person hand Toussaint money; Knutson could not see whether money changed hands in the other three transactions. Each transaction lasted less than a minute. Based on his training, experience, and knowledge of the area, Knutson believed the white substance was cocaine base. At Knutson’s direction, a uniformed SDPD officer arrested Toussaint. A search of Toussaint incident to his arrest revealed two plastic baggies in his pocket containing a rock-like powdery substance; $686 in cash in various denominations; two cellphones; and a fixed-blade knife in a sheath concealed in Toussaint’s waistband. The parties stipulated that one baggie contained 5.68 grams of cocaine base and the other baggie contained 0.7 grams of cocaine. A search of Toussaint’s car yielded $39 in cash and a digital pocket scale designed to look like a pack of cigarettes. Police found no paraphernalia indicating Toussaint possessed the drugs for personal use.