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INTRODUCTION

Defendant and appellant William Rainer (defendant) pleaded no contest to two counts of battery by a prisoner on a non-confined person (Pen. Code, § 4501.51), and he was subsequently found to be in violation of his probation. On appeal, appointed counsel for defendant filed an opening brief in accordance with People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 requesting that this court conduct an independent review of the record to determine if there are any issues which if resolved in defendant‟s favor would require reversal or modification of the judgment. On March 22, 2013, we gave notice to defendant that his counsel had failed to find any arguable issues and that defendant had 30 days within which to submit by brief or letter any grounds of appeal, contentions, or arguments he wished this court to consider. We granted defendant an extension of time through and including May 11, 2013, within which to file his brief. Defendant filed a letter brief in which he contends that the criminal action be “dismiss[ed]” because he was found to be in violation of his probation by a different trial judge than the trial judge who originally placed him on probation, and because he did not…