People v. Henson CA4/3

facts of the case and advised us there were no arguable issues on appeal. The brief included a review of the record and consideration of possible arguments, but concluded none of those arguments had any chance of success. We informed appellant he had 30 days to file written argument in his own behalf. More than three months have passed, and we have received no such argument, so it appears he does not intend to file one. We have reviewed the record of appellant’s trial and the brief filed by his counsel. We can find no flaw in the court’s actions in this case, and find ourselves in agreement with appellate counsel: There is no arguable error in the proceedings against appellant. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.)

FACTS

Late one night in 2006, Nguyen Vu got into his 2001 BMW. He noticed three men in their early twenties walking toward him, two apparently Hispanic, the third apparently Caucasian, all wearing sweatshirts. One knocked on his window. As Vu rolled down the window, the man ordered him out of the car and showed the semiautomatic handgun with which he had knocked on the window. He told Vu he would shoot him if he did not get out of the car. When Vu did so, the man…