WPCi (wu^iQ^Auo>6ti(+2 Cib*9`8o1YDL=Z|?9)0B|T|8Q(ږJRuMTInyk䚧p15ξdʝ!sg:gɩESD5D, !;ѲǕЗ`b*<&C ckCPx"P}QlrԜL>kT2c3g vf)r91Eo-mү)Qs.'fFߒ:L 3ieZQ8Q;aQF5}Њf ɮrz1R ;I1+]!ɟ-C`43&&e7 Q |؄a<6 UF]k40I}\qT%d)oϦKUN %h 0rnU<U .nJ#!G Bh > nT :< w@v 4  1 1uf  m 0c W _ ggg 0oooo 0 0|N B B*    N3^ 55AF 0 Y axhH  Z6Times New Roman RegularX(J$XXXXX"XXX  %\  `$Times NewRoman<6X9`(Courier%\  `$Times NewRomanXXi\  P6XP<6X9`(CourieromanXx6X@`7X@* `CG TimesmanXXw PE37XPHP LaserJet 4,,,,0 J:\TEMPLATE\APPEALS\CLLTR.WPTJ:\Template\APPEALS\cl ltr.wpt<6X9`(&CourierScalableXx6X@C7X@,xA`&UniversScalableXX~xP7XP  KappWendepropria pqErstuvwxyD-16o`3|xy(CEMU]emu}AutoList1(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)3#37=CIQYag1.a.i.(1)(a)(i)1)a)U(;3$2#  0  .3  0  243(f3c$ !XBXXXX6XXXB   N  Z(parparagraph in brief ` (r3d$ !XBXXXX6XXXB    d % { c&XBXXXX6XXXB   _client d&0 d d1,23 { c&XBXXXX6XXXB   _client51 c&XBXXXX6XXXB   _DCAnumber;countyandcasenumber*1: { c&XBXXXX6XXXB   _client(f3c$ !XBXXXX6XXXB   89 !XBXXXX6XXXB   __XBXXX6________% + %+,January19,2000%  XXBJeffrey#XBXo#%bԀAllenQ50852 p %  CaliforniaCorrectionalCenterP.O.Box%2210Susanville,CA96127Re:0  Peoplev.%  nkknXXBnllnJeffrey#XBX#%qԀAllen,H0w12345wn2nw0681w p(#(#   CONFIDENTIALATTORNEYCLIENTCOMMUNICATION  \  % J %J% I Mr.%IAllen:  Ihavereviewedtherecordinyourcaseandresearchedpossibleissues.Unfortunately,Ihavenotfoundanysignificanterrorsmadeinthesuperiorcourtwhichwouldentitleyoutoareversalorareductionofyoursentence.IamfilingwiththeCourtofAppealabriefinformingitthatIfoundnoissuesandrequestingittoreviewtherecorditselftodetermineifthereareanygroundsforappeal.  YouhaveanopportunitytofileasupplementalbriefwiththeCourtofAppealwithin30daysofmefilingthebrief.Iwillcontinuetobeavailabletobriefanyissuesuponinvitationofthecourt.Donothesitatetocontactmeifyouhaveanyquestions.  Inthealternative,youmightdecidetodismisstheappeal.Theadvantageofdismissinganappealisthatsometimesthecourtforgetstoimposecertainpenaltieswhicharerequiredbylaw.Thepenaltiescanbeaddedatanytimeiftheauthoritiesaremadeawareofthemistake.Sometimes,noonenoticesanymistakesevenifyoudopursueanappeal.Sometimes,someonenoticesevenifyoudonotseekanappeal.Bypursuinganappeal,however,youincreasethechancethatsomeonemightnoticesomething.Ididnotnoticeanypenaltiesthecourtfailedtoimpose,soIbelievetheriskofpursuinganappealislow.However,sinceIcanfindnogroundsforrelief,evenalowriskmaynotbeworthit.Ifyouwishtodismisstheappeal(calledanabandonment),pleasesignandreturntometheenclosedform.Iwillnotsubmitarequesttodismissyourappealunlessyouclearlystateyou h-(, _wishtheappealbedismissed.Sincerely,JonathanGrossmanStaffAttorneyEnclosures_   8   XBXXXBX6XXXB   XBXXX6XXBSixthDistrictAppellateProgram  JonathanGrossman154452StaffAttorney100N.WinchesterBlvd.,Suite310SantaClara,CA95050(408)2416171$:d,Attorneyfor% ( %( JeffreypAllenpqpbpqoVigilanteò@<<INTHECOURTOFAPPEALOFTHESTATEOFCALIFORNIA@!!SIXTHAPPELLATEDISTRICT! XXX!(4  (PEOPLEOFTHESTATEOFCALIFORNIA,ss1) ,  ` PlaintiffandRespondent,ss1) , ss1)v.ss1) , ss1)*,JEFFREYrALrsLENssr;ENrsrVIGILrsANTEs,ss1) ,  ` DefendantandAppellant.ss1) , 򀀀ss1) , H0t12345tt22714t% / %/0,(SantaClaraCountySuperiorCourtNo.1u23456uu81424u) ,' (4( ,' @  ABANDONMENTOFAPPEAL  ,( @* ` PursuanttoRules20(c)and_3x0.3xy8y,_ԀCaliforniaRulesofCourt,Appellant ,* herebyabandonshisappealandrequeststhatitbedismissed.DATED:_________________  0  ________________________ @h  @h  @h  @h  @h  @h $,#0   9:d, `     h     JeffreyvAllenvvVigilantev!Z `   Iagreewiththedecisiontodismisstheappeal.!Z  DATED:____________________0  __________________________ @D  @D  @D  @D  @D  @D  *X+9 JonathanGrossman   x  @x  @x +X,:    `     h     CounselforAppellant