California Court of Appeal

After defendant admitted violating probation over counsel's objection, conviction and sentence for failing to register as a sex offender is affirmed as a defendant has a personal and fundamental right to admit a probation violation even if his attorney disagrees with the decision to do so.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/26/2007
• Published 02/26/2007

Judges

• YEGAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth I. Clayman, Public Defender, County of Ventura, and Michael C. McMahon, Chief Deputy, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert F. Katz, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Mary Sanchez, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.