People v. Hopkins CA2/3

INTRODUCTION

Johanna Lynn Hopkins pleaded no contest to driving with a .08 percent or more blood-alcohol content causing injury (Veh. Code, § 23152, subd. (b))1 and was placed on formal probation. She later filed a request for a certificate of probable cause, which the trial court denied. Hopkins appealed from the probation order, and her appointed counsel filed a brief under the procedures outlined in People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende). By letter dated September 30, 2022, we invited Hopkins to submit additional briefing. To date she has not done so. We find no appealable issue and affirm the order.

BACKGROUND

Count 1 of the complaint charged Hopkins with driving while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage causing injury, in violation of section 23152, subdivision (a). Count 2 charged Hopkins with driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent or more, in violation of section 23152, subdivision (b). Counts 1 and 2 were charged as felonies. Hopkins initially pleaded not guilty to both counts. Less than two months later, however, she withdrew her plea and entered into a plea deal, in which count 1 was dismissed and she pleaded no contest to count 2. The…