People v. DeLeon CA5

INTRODUCTION

Appellant Crystal Deserea DeLeon was charged with multiple offenses and enhancements in two separate cases. Pursuant to plea agreements, she pled no contest in case No. BF148731A to violating Vehicle Code section 10851, subdivision (a), unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle, and to having suffered a prior strike. In case No. BF151689B, DeLeon pled no contest to being a felon in possession of a firearm, participating in a criminal street gang, and admitted a prior strike. Appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436. We will affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY

Case No. BF151689B: The evening of November 12, 2013, five Kern County sheriff’s deputies entered a residence in Bakersfield to execute an arrest warrant and to conduct a probation search of Juan Garcia. One deputy entered a bedroom in the residence; DeLeon and another female were sitting on the bed. The deputy saw a glass smoking pipe on the bedroom floor. A records check on DeLeon revealed she was on probation, with search terms, and that there was an outstanding warrant for her arrest. A deputy looked under the mattress and located a loaded .22-caliber…