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Filed 5/1/13 P. v. Thomas CA2/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B244548

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. MA057112) v.

TROY DESHAWN THOMAS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Steven D. Ogden, Judge. Affirmed.

Richard B. Lennon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

_______________ In August 2012, Troy Deshawn Thomas discarded a backpack containing a handgun while running from sheriff’s deputies, who had attempted to cite him for littering. Thomas was thereafter arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with…