People v. Dene CA4/1

Filed 10/16/25 P. v. Dene CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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, D085212

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD301466) DAVID CHRISTOPHER DENE,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Polly H. Shamoon, Judge. Affirmed. Annie Fraser, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. David Christopher Dene appeals from a judgment following his guilty plea to possession for sale of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor failure to appear, in exchange for a stipulated sentence of two years of formal probation with conditions including successful completion of a residential treatment program. Appellate counsel filed a brief presenting no argument for reversal but inviting this court to review the record for error under People v. Wende (1979)

25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende) and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders). We offered Dene the opportunity to file his own brief on appeal, but he has not done so. Having independently reviewed the entire record for error as required by Anders and Wende, we affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY Law enforcement officers saw Dene smoking from a glass pipe on Fiesta Island in a tent that was open on two sides. When they tried to arrest Dene for use of a controlled substance, Dene struggled against the officers and attempted to flee. Incident to the arrest, officers searched Dene and found $1,254 in cash in his pocket. Inside his backpack and tent officers found a digital scale, hundreds of 2x2-inch plastic baggies, a small bag containing a crystalline substance, a half-gallon Ziplock bag containing a crystalline substance within a Honey Maid graham cracker box, and a cell phone. The crystalline substance totaled 486.3 grams of methamphetamine. After Dene was released, he failed to appear for court. Dene was charged with possession for sale of a controlled substance in