People v. Mix CA2/7

Filed 11/17/25 P. v. Mix CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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, B340929

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. NA122422) v.

JOSEPH ROBERT MIX,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Richard M. Goul, Judge. Affirmed. Joseph Robert Mix, in pro. per., Teresa Biagini, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________________________

Joseph Robert Mix appeals from the judgment entered after he pleaded no contest to one count of lewd or lascivious act upon a child age 14 or 15 and one count of possession of child

pornography and the trial court sentenced him to an aggregate term of two years in state prison. We appointed counsel to represent Mix on appeal. After reviewing the record, appointed appellate counsel for Mix did not identify any arguable issues and asked this court to conduct an independent review of the record under People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436. After independently reviewing the record, as well as the supplemental opening brief filed by Mix, we have not identified any arguable issues either. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On April 22, 2023 Mix met 15-year-old A.J. at a birthday party.1 A.J. attended the party with her friend, who was Mix’s daughter. At some point during the party, Mix began talking to A.J. about “sadism, masochism, and ‘hand-jobs,’” and he showed A.J. a photo of a naked woman tied to a bed. A week later, A.J. was at Mix’s apartment visiting her friend when Mix took A.J. into his bedroom, where he undressed her and touched her on her chest, her “private parts” (including her vagina) and her entire body. He touched her both over and under her clothing, with “skin-to-skin contact.” Mix did the same thing to A.J. “multiple times.” On several occasions Mix blindfolded her. In May 2023 Mix had A.J. lie on the bed and touched her underneath her clothing. He put his fingers into her vagina, then “put his lower body part into [hers] without protection,” then “went in and out for a little bit, and then just stopped” and left A.J. on the bed. She clarified that the “body part” was Mix’s