In re Joel S.
Filed 7/14/08 In re Joel S. CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
In re JOEL S., a Person Coming Under The Juvenile Court Law. | |
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOEL S., Defendant and Appellant. | F054777 (Super. Ct. No. JJD061965) O P I N I O N |
THE COURT*
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Tulare County. Hugo J. Loza, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, 21.)
Catherine Campbell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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On November 28, 2006, appellant, Joel S., helped William Trimble steal two trucks. Kern County Sheriff deputies arrested Joel after seeing him driving one of the stolen trucks. Joel did not have a valid license.
On July 30, 2007, Joel admitted two counts of vehicle theft (Veh. Code, 10851, subd. (a)), and one count each of receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, 496, subd. (a)), and driving without a license (Veh. Code, 12500, subd. (a)).
On August 27, 2007, the court granted Joel deferred entry of judgment and placed him on probation for 12 months.
On September 9, 2007, William Masters received a call informing him that someone was taking property from his parents ranch. Masters and his brother-in-law, Roger Ward, went to the property and saw Joel and another male trying to secure a trailer loaded with old metal items from the ranch. When Masters and Ward confronted them, Joel and the male began apologizing and throwing things off the trailer. After unloading the trailer, Joel and the other male left.
On October 11, 2007, the district attorney filed a petition charging Joel with theft (Pen. Code 484, subd. (a)).
On October 30, 2007, the district attorney amended the charge to attempted theft.
On January 22, 2008, following a hearing, the court sustained the attempted theft offense against Joel. It then continued him on deferred entry of judgment.
Joels appellate counsel has filed a brief which summarizes the facts, with citations to the record, raises no issues, and asks this court to independently review the record. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Joel has not responded to this courts invitation to submit additional briefing.
Following independent review of the record, we find that no reasonably arguable factual or legal issues exist.
The judgment is affirmed.
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*Before Vartabedian, Acting P.J., Levy, J., and Cornell, J.
