Opinion
2d Crim. No. B236697 Super. Ct. No. YA073134-01
05-23-2012
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GIOVANNI P. TAYLOR, Defendant and Appellant.
Ann Krausz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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(Los Angeles County)
Giovanni P. Taylor appeals an order denying a motion to vacate his conviction of making criminal threats, and assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury. (Pen. Code, §§ 422, 245, subd. (a)(1).) Taylor asserted that he did not receive the effective assistance of counsel because his attorney did not obtain a non-deportable conviction based on a plea bargain, nor did she advise him of the adverse immigration consequences of a conviction after a jury trial.
In an unpublished opinion, we affirmed Taylor's judgment of conviction. (People v. Taylor (Sept. 28, 2010, B217990.) The evidence at trial established that Taylor choked and struck his former wife until his children intervened and that he later threatened to kill her. The trial court sentenced Taylor to an upper term of four years for the assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, and to a consecutive eight-month term for making terrorist threats. In sentencing, the trial court found several aggravating factors, but none in mitigation.
We appointed counsel to represent Taylor in this appeal. After counsel's examination of the record, she filed an opening brief raising no issues.
On March 27, 2012, we advised Taylor by mail that he had 30 days within which to personally submit any contentions or issues that he wished to raise on appeal. We have not received a response.
We have reviewed the entire record and are satisfied that Taylor's attorney has fully complied with her responsibilities and that no arguable issue exists. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, 441.)
The judgment is affirmed.
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.
GILBERT, P.J. We concur:
YEGAN, J.
PERREN, J.
Drew E. Edwards, Judge
Superior Court County of Los Angeles
Ann Krausz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.