People v. Singh CA2/4

INTRODUCTION

Appellant Jonathan Michael Singh, Jr. pled no contest to three counts of unlawful possession of firearms and one count of conspiracy to commit assault with a firearm. The trial court sentenced him to five years and four months. Singh obtained a certificate of probable cause and appealed. Singh’s appointed counsel filed a brief requesting that this court independently review the record for error. (See People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, 441 (Wende).) Singh did not file a supplemental brief. We have conducted an independent examination of the entire record and have found no arguable issues. We therefore affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

At the preliminary hearing, K.S.1 testified that on the afternoon of December 1, 2020, she was at the Venice Beach boardwalk with her boyfriend, her sister K.T., and K.T.’s husband. The two women rented electric scooters, and the two men rented electric bikes from a shop on the boardwalk, Star Bike Rental. K.S. testified that to rent the bikes and scooters, she had to leave her identification at the shop. The batteries on the scooters died while the couples were riding back from Malibu. The sisters called the phone number…