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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION EIGHT
THE PEOPLE, B347813
Plaintiff and Respondent, Los Angeles County
Super. Ct. No. PA100809
v.
CHRISTOPHER HARMAN,
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los
Angeles County, David W. Stuart, Judge. Affirmed.
Michele A. Douglass, under appointment by the Court of
Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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After reviewing this appeal pursuant to People v. Wende
(1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende), we affirm. Statutory citations are
to the Penal Code.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department received a 911 call
from a man named Keith who said a man and a woman were
asleep in a car parked outside Keith’s house. Keith described the
car as a white Pontiac sedan and said the man had a gun in his
lap.
Three deputies went to Keith’s address. They found a
white Dodge Challenger sedan parked in front of the house. A
woman was asleep in the driver’s seat, and Christopher Harman
was asleep in the passenger seat. Harman had a jacket in his
lap. The deputies approached with guns drawn but pointed
downward. They tried opening the car doors, but they were
locked. The deputies then knocked on the windows to wake the
occupants up and told them to get out of the vehicle. Deputy
Richard Murray saw Harman reach toward the side of his lap
and ordered him to stop. Although uncooperative at first,
Harman and the woman eventually got out of the car.
After the officers secured Harman and the woman in
separate patrol cars, they searched the car. Murray found a
loaded handgun under the jacket on the passenger seat where
Harman had been sitting. Murray also saw a blow torch and
scattered pieces of foil that he believed suggested narcotics use in
the car.
Harman filed a motion to suppress the gun found during
the search of the car, arguing the 911 call did not provide
sufficient cause to make the search reasonable. The court held
the preliminary hearing and section 1538.5 hearing
concurrently. The magistrate denied the motion to suppress and
held Harman to answer. Harman later filed a motion under
section 995. The trial court denied the motion. Harman then
pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The
court sentenced him to 16 months in state prison.
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Harman appealed. His counsel filed a Wende brief and
informed Harman of his right to file his own brief. Harman did
not do so.
We have examined the entire appellate record. We are
satisfied Harman’s counsel fully complied with counsel’s
responsibilities and no arguable issues exist. (See Wende, supra,
25 Cal.3d at pp. 441–442.)
DISPOSITION
We affirm.
WILEY, J.
We concur:
STRATTON, P. J.
SCHERB, J.
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