People v. Lopez CA4/1 ( 2014 )

Filed 10/7/14 P. v. Lopez CA4/1
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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THE PEOPLE, D064885
Plaintiff and Respondent,
v. (Super. Ct. No. SCS258962)
KARLA MARIA LOPEZ,
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Alvin E.
Green, Jr., Judge. Affirmed.
Russell S. Babcock, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and
Appellant.
No appearance by Respondent.
Karla Maria Lopez was charged in an information and pled guilty to two felony
counts: (1) driving under the influence of alcohol, with admissions of a 0.15 percent or
more blood alcohol concentration and three separate driving under the influence
violations within 10 years (count 1, Veh. Code,1 §§ 23152, subd. (a), 23626, 23550,
subd. (a), 23578); and (2) driving while having a measurable blood alcohol level with
admissions as set forth in count 1 (count 2, § 23152, subd. (b)). She also pled guilty to
two misdemeanor counts: (1) hit-and-run driving (count 3, § 20002, subd. (a)); and (2)
driving with a suspended license (count 4, § 14601.2, subd. (a)).
For count 1, the court sentenced appellant to a two-year middle term in prison, but
suspended execution of the sentence. The court granted five years of formal probation,
including 270 days in custody that could be served in work furlough. The court stayed
the sentence for count 2. (Pen. Code, § 654.) As to the two misdemeanor counts, the
court denied probation and sentenced appellant to time served in custody. The court also
imposed various fines and ordered restitution to the victim of the hit and run.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On August 11, 2012, at about 1:30 p.m. appellant was observed by a fellow driver
on Olympic Parkway in Chula Vista driving "really, really fast," "fishtailing" and
swerving back and forth across the white lines dividing separate lanes of traffic.
Appellant then side-swiped another car and maneuvered her car to the side of the road.
When the driver who had been hit pulled up behind appellant, she drove away. The
driver called 911 and relayed the appellant's license plate number. A few hours later the
police located appellant and arrested her. At about 4:15 p.m., a breathalyzer test
1 Subsequent unspecified statutory references are to the Vehicle Code.
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measured appellant's blood alcohol content at 0.179 and 0.176. A certified copy of
appellant's Department of Motor Vehicles record reflected three prior convictions for
driving under the influence and that her driving privileges had been suspended.
DISCUSSION
Appointed appellate counsel has filed a brief summarizing the proceedings below.
Counsel presents no argument for reversal but asks that this court review the record for
error as mandated by People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal. 3d 436 and Anders v. California
(1967) 386 U.S. 738.2 We granted Lopez permission to file a brief on her own behalf
and she has not responded.
A review of the record pursuant to People v. Wende, supra, 25 Cal. 3d 436 and
Anders v. California, supra, 386 U.S. 738, has disclosed no reasonably arguable appellate
issue. Competent counsel has represented Lopez on this appeal.
2 On April 29, 2014, appellate counsel wrote a letter to the superior court asking the
court to correct a clerical error in the probation order. Counsel correctly points out that
the probation order is inaccurate because it reflects that the court suspended imposition of
sentence, when, in fact, the transcript of the sentencing hearing clearly reflects that the
court imposed a prison sentence of two years, but suspended execution of that sentence
pending successful completion of probation. We presume the court has corrected this
clerical error.
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DISPOSITION
The judgment is affirmed.
HALLER, J.
WE CONCUR:
MCCONNELL, P. J.
O'ROURKE, J.
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