People v. Castaneda CA5
Filed 10/10/14 P. v. Castaneda CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
THE PEOPLE, F067422 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Fresno Super. Ct. No. F13901621) v.
JOSEPH NASH CASTANEDA, OPINION Defendant and Appellant.
THE COURT* APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County. Jon N. Kapetan, Judge. Stephen M. Hinkle, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for Plaintiff and Respondent. -ooOoo-
* Before Levy, Acting P.J., Cornell, J. and Gomes, J.
INTRODUCTION Appellant/defendant Joseph Nash Castaneda pleaded no contest to two counts of second degree vehicular burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 459/460, subd. (b)) and was sentenced to three years in prison pursuant to a negotiated disposition. His appellate counsel has filed a brief which summarizes the facts with citations to the record, raises no issues, and asks this court to independently review the record. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende).) We affirm. FACTS On February 9, 2013, defendant’s girlfriend had a telephone conversation with her former boyfriend, and it turned into an argument about child custody. After the call, she told defendant about it and he became angry. Defendant said he was going to settle everything and told her to drive him to the former boyfriend’s house. When they arrived, defendant grabbed a hammer from his girlfriend’s van and smashed the windows of her former boyfriend’s SUV. He also slashed all the tires with a knife and stole property from inside the vehicle. Defendant was still angry and ran across the street and broke the window of a nearby truck, apparently unrelated to the former boyfriend. He stole a stereo from the truck’s console. Procedural History On February 19, 2013, a complaint was filed in the Superior Court of Fresno County charging defendant with counts I and III, second degree vehicular burglary; and count II, felony vandalism (§ 594), with three prior prison term enhancements (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). On March 26, 2013, defendant pleaded no contest to counts I and III and admitted one enhancement, pursuant to a negotiated disposition, for a maximum possible term of three years. The court dismissed the remaining charges.
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