P. v. Crandall
Pursuant to a plea bargain, defendant and appellant David Allen Crandall pleaded guilty to one count of lewd act on a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a)),[1] and one count of continuous sexual abuse (§ 288.5, subd. (a)). In return, the remaining counts charged in the information were dismissed.[2] The agreed-upon sentence was 24 years, consisting of the upper term of eight years under section 288, subdivision (a), and a consecutive upper term of 16 years under section 288.5, subdivision (a).
Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal from the sentence or other matters occurring after the plea and from the denial of a motion to suppress evidence pursuant to section 1538.5.
We appointed counsel to represent defendant on appeal. After examination of the record, counsel filed an opening brief raising no issues and asking this court to independently review the record. We offered defendant the opportunity to file any supplemental brief he deemed necessary, but he did not do so.
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