People v. Askia CA2/1

Filed 11/19/20 P. v. Askia CA2/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, B304380

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. MA063233) v.

ABDUL MAJEED ASKIA,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Shannon Knight, Judge. Affirmed with directions. James M. Crawford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________________

This is the second appeal brought by defendant Abdul Majeed Askia following his convictions for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. In defendant’s first appeal, we remanded for the trial court to exercise its discretion whether to strike defendant’s prior serious felony enhancement. The trial court declined to strike the enhancement, and defendant filed this second appeal. Defendant’s appointed counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende), identifying no issues and requesting that this court review the record and determine whether any arguable issue exists on appeal. Defendant filed a supplemental brief. We have reviewed the record, conclude the record reveals no arguable issue on appeal, and thus affirm. We instruct the trial court, however, to correct clerical errors in the abstract of judgment.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND We provided a detailed summary of the underlying facts in our opinion from defendant’s first appeal, People v. Askia (July 29, 2019, B290450) [nonpub. opn.]. In short, the prosecution presented evidence that in June 2014, defendant attacked the woman with whom he was living, stabbing her multiple times with a knife and either strangling her or stepping on her neck, fracturing her vertebrae in the process. The victim fell unconscious from her injuries but survived.