In this case we hold that since a trial court's acceptance of a negotiated plea which patently includes a legally impossible admission constitutes an act in excess of its jurisdiction, the validity of such a plea is an issue cognizable on appeal if the procedural requirements of Penal Code section 1237.5 are met.
Teodor Canlas Soriano appeals from a judgment of conviction for offering a forged instrument...
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