People v. Logan CA2/7

Filed 6/18/24 P. v. Logan CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B333037

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA495305) v.

JAMES NOLANS LOGAN,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Laura F. Priver, Judge. Affirmed. Teresa Biagini, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance by Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________

James Nolans Logan was convicted, pursuant to a plea of no contest, of voluntary manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (a)). Logan admitted circumstances in aggravation, including that he was armed with or used a weapon in the commission of the offense (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.421(a)(2)), that he had a prior conviction for a serious or violent felony within the meaning of the three strikes law (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subds. (b)-(j); 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d); Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.421(b)(1)), and that his prior convictions were of increasing seriousness (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.421(b)(2)). The trial court sentenced Logan to 22 years in state prison. We appointed counsel to represent Logan in this appeal. Logan’s appointed counsel reviewed the record and did not identify any arguable issues. Nor, after reviewing the record independently, have we. Therefore, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Police officers responded to a radio call of a shooting. Upon arriving at the scene, they saw a large group of people running from a parking lot and Shanell Williams on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. Williams later died from her injuries. The incident was caught on surveillance video, and Logan was later arrested. The People charged Logan with murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) and possession of a firearm by a felon (id., § 29800, subd. (a)(1)). Following advisement and waiver of his constitutional rights, Logan pleaded no contest to voluntary