People v. Woods CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D085646

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCE428204)

CHERRI D. WOODS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, John M. Thompson, Judge. Affirmed. Brad J. Poore, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. A jury convicted Cherri D. Woods of grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (a)) and found true the allegation she suffered a prior strike conviction (§§ 667(b)-(i), 1170.12, 668). Woods was sentenced to a suspended six-year prison sentence, 180 days in local custody, and two years of formal probation. Appointed appellate counsel filed a brief under People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 indicating he

found no arguable issues for reversal on appeal. Counsel asks us to review the record for error as Wende requires. We offered Woods the opportunity to file her own brief, but she has not done so. Based on our independent review of the record, we find no reasonably arguable appellate issues. We thus affirm. I. A. One morning in October 2024, Woods entered a retail store located in Spring Valley, California. As she entered the store, Woods caught the attention of a loss prevention officer observing by camera because she entered “quickly with a bag located in the baby portion of the cart.” So the loss prevention officer, as was his custom, continued to watch Woods. The loss prevention officer saw Woods remove a bag from her purse and put it in the main portion of the cart. He saw her select a jacket, remove the tags from it, and put it on. After seeing Woods put more items in her purse and in the bag, the loss prevention officer called law enforcement. He informed the dispatcher about the jacket and that Woods had concealed wine, “women’s accessories,” and clothing in bags. He continued to watch Woods while conveying his observations to dispatch. He told the dispatcher he saw Woods further conceal cleaning supplies, jewelry, “style items,” and steaks. Several deputies responded to the call. While responding, they called the loss prevention officer, who told them in real time what was happening in the store. The loss prevention officer hung up as he tried to approach and contact Woods, but she “swiftly exited the store.” He saw her “get into a white sedan and drive off.”