California Court of Appeal

Nolo contendere plea to one count of armed robbery and evading arrest as part of plea agreement is reversed where the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow defendant to withdraw his plea since it was not knowing and voluntary as defendant was ignorant of the information in the supplemental police report.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2006
• Published 08/14/2006

Judges

• RUBIN, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John P. Dwyer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Keith H. Borjon and Sharlene A. Honnaka, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.