People v. Groce CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D084727

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD195250)

MARK GLENN GROCE,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, David J. Danielsen, Judge. (Retired Judge of the S.D. Sup. Ct. assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to art. VI, § 6 of the Cal. Const.) Affirmed with directions. Charles Thomas Anderson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Mark Glenn Groce appeals following a resentencing under Penal Code

section 1172.75.1 His appellate counsel filed a brief stating no arguable issues could be found. (See generally People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende); Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders).) We have independently reviewed the record and agree there are no reasonably arguable issues. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2006, Groce was charged with failure to register as a sex offender (§ 290, subd. (g)(2); count 1), burglary (§ 459; counts 2, 5 and 9), forgery by possessing a blank check (§ 475, subd. (b); count 3), receiving stolen property (§ 496, subd. (a); count 4), forgery of a name (§ 470, subd. (a); counts 6 and 10), forgery of a check (§ 470, subd. (d); counts 7 and 11), grand theft (§ 487, subd. (a); counts 8 and 12), unlawful taking and driving of a vehicle (§ 10851, subd. (a); count 13), receiving a stolen vehicle (§ 496d; count 14), attempting to dissuade a witness from reporting a crime (§ 136.1, subd. (b)(1); count 15), dissuading a witness by force or threat (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(1) ; count 16), and attempting to prevent and dissuade a witness from testifying (§ 136.1, subd. (a)(2); count 17). The information further alleged three prison priors (under former § 667.5, subd. (b)), one serious felony prior (§ 667, subd. (a)), and four strike priors (§§ 667, subd. (b)–(i), 1170.12).