People v. Baldwin CA2/5

INTRODUCTION

In 2012, defendant and appellant Ronald Baldwin pleaded no contest to inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, cohabitant, or child’s parent (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)1), resisting an executive officer (§ 69), and committing misdemeanor vandalism (§ 594, subd. (a)). With respect to the corporal injury offense, defendant admitted that he had suffered a conviction for violating section 273.5, subdivision (a) within the prior seven years. (§ 273.5, subd. (e)(1), now subd. (f)(1).) The trial court placed defendant on formal probation for a period of five years on various terms and conditions and ordered defendant to pay various fines and fees. The trial court also imposed a protective order pursuant to which defendant was not to harass or disturb Ashley Thompson’s peace. In 2005, after a formal revocation hearing, the trial court found defendant to be in violation of his probation. The trial court revoked defendant’s probation and sentenced him to four years in state prison. Defendant’s appointed counsel filed an opening brief in accordance with People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 requesting this court to conduct an independent review of the record to determine if…