People v. Walden CA1/5

Filed 5/3/22 P. v. Walden CA1/5 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, A162361 v. (Napa County XAVIER WALDEN, Super. Ct. No. 20CR000400) Defendant and Appellant.

Xavier Walden appeals from a judgment reinstating his probation after he admitted a probation violation. His court-appointed counsel has filed a brief raising no issues, but seeking our independent review of the record pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende) and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738 (Anders). We find no arguable issues and affirm. I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Appellant was discovered by Walmart loss prevention officers to be “under scanning” items at check out (scanning items for lower prices) and putting them in a backpack without paying for them. When confronted, he initially gave a false name and then fled from officers when they tried to place him in a police car. Appellant was charged with both felony and misdemeanor counts in case no. 20CR000400 and on November 19, 2020, he pled no contest to two misdemeanor counts of obstructing or resisting an executive officer and one

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misdemeanor count of petty theft. (Pen. Code, §§ 69, 484, subd. (a).)1 He was placed on formal probation for one year conditioned upon his serving 45 days in local custody. On December 1, 2020, the district attorney filed a petition for revocation of appellant’s probation based on violations of section 236 and 243, subdivision (e) (false imprisonment and domestic violence battery), which were separately charged in case no. 20CR002691. He pled no contest to misdemeanor domestic violence battery in that case and admitted the probation violation in the instant matter. Appellant was placed on probation in case no. 20CR002691, and his probation was reinstated in the instant matter subject to an additional 15 days of local custody. A separate and different set of probation conditions was filed in each case. Appellant filed separate appeals from the judgment in each case, which this Court ordered consolidated. He filed a brief raising challenges to the probation conditions in case no. 20CR002691, but raising no issues with respect to the instant matter. We subsequently determined that we did not have jurisdiction over case no. 20CR002691, a misdemeanor case (see People v. Shoup (2001) 89 Cal.App.4th 420, 421), and ordered that matter transferred to the superior court. We struck the opening brief and granted appellant leave to file a new brief to raise issues regarding the instant matter; he has filed this brief raising no issues under Wende/Anders. II. DISCUSSION As required by People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 124, we affirmatively note that appointed counsel has filed a Wende/Anders brief raising no issues, that appellant has been advised of his right to file a