People v. Martin CA4/1

Filed 6/18/15 P. v. Martin CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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, D066871

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD253126)

TODD DAVID MARTIN,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Kathleen

M. Lewis, Judge. Affirmed.

Jill M. Klein, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

In the trial court, Todd David Martin twice requested to relieve his counsel, and

the court twice held hearings under People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 118, and denied

his motions. Martin subsequently pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a usable

amount of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a)) and admitted

he had suffered a prior prison term for a felony offense. (Pen. Code, §§ 667.5, subd. (b),

668.) The court declared the underlying offense a misdemeanor and awarded Martin

credit for time served. It court subsequently denied his request for a certificate of