People v. Rico CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D068997

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCE343369)

MANUEL RICO,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Daniel B.

Goldstein, Judge. Affirmed.

Andrea S. Bitar, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

In this case, without the benefit of a plea agreement, Manual Rico pleaded guilty

to all of the charges in the information. Specifically, he pleaded guilty to three counts of

lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code,1 § 288, subd. (a)) and two counts of

lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 by force or fear (§ 288, subd. (b)(1)).

The court sentenced Rico to a term of 16 years in prison.

Rico filed a timely notice of appeal, but did not obtain a certificate of probable

cause (§ 1237.5).

Appellate counsel has filed a brief indicating she has not been able to discover any