PEOPLE v. WEST

Docket No. Crim. 14453.

3 Cal.3d 595 (1970)

477 P.2d 409

91 Cal. Rptr. 385

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DALE IRVEN WEST, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 3, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Myers, Hawley, Morley & Moore and John W. Moore for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Timothy A. Reardon, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

We undertake here to confirm the legality of the plea bargain and to set up procedures for its acceptance or rejection in the strong light of full disclosure. In a day when courts strive to simplify trial procedures and to achieve speedier dispatch of litigation, we believe that the recognition of the legal status of the plea bargain will serve as a salutary time-saver as well as a means to dispel the procedural...

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