The People v. Jones CA6

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant Alfred Jones was convicted by his no contest plea of a second violation of a protective order within a year of an earlier conviction of violating a protective order. (Count 2; Pen. Code, § 273.6, subd. (e).)1 He also admitted having a prior strike conviction for criminal threats prohibited by section 422. (§ 667, subds. (b) – (i); 1170.12.) Following the denial of his motion to dismiss the strike, the trial court sentenced him to 32 months in prison (the 16 month lower term doubled). Defendant filed a notice of appeal without obtaining a certificate of probable cause. The notice recited that the appeal was based on matters occurring after the plea that do not affect its validity. By letter dated May 7, 2013, this court notified defendant that his appellate counsel filed a brief inviting us to identify any arguable appellate issues. Defendant has

1 Unspecified section references are to the Penal Code. responded with a half-page handwritten letter. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm the judgment.

II. STANDARD OF REVIEW

We review the entire record to determine whether appointed counsel has correctly determined that there are no arguable…