In re E.C. CA1/1

DISCUSSION

Penal Code section 1237.5 generally precludes an appeal from a judgment of conviction after a plea of no contest or guilty unless the defendant has applied for, and

1 the trial court has granted, a certificate of probable cause. There are two exceptions: (1) a challenge to a search and seizure ruling, as to which an appeal is proper under Penal Code section 1538.5, subdivision (m); and (2) postplea sentencing issues. (People v. Shelton (2006) 37 Cal.4th 759, 766; see also People v. Buttram (2003) 30 Cal.4th 773, 780.) Here, since defendant admitted a probation violation, our review is limited to any postadmission sentencing issues, as defendant’s appellate counsel acknowledges. (See People v. Cole (2001) 88 Cal.App.4th 850, 868.) The disposition report stated defendant was first involved with the probation department in November 2009, following two sustained petitions, one for shoplifting and one for attempted burglary of a school. He was found in possession of a blue bandana and a blue cell phone, blue being a gang color. Less than two weeks after being placed on probation, defendant left home without permission and was suspended from school for possessing marijuana.…