PEOPLE v. BUTTRAM

No. S103761.

134 Cal.Rptr.2d 571 (2003)

30 Cal.4th 773

69 P.3d 420

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Randy Lloyd BUTTRAM, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda F. Doerrer, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Laura Whitcomb Halgren, Robert M. Foster, Steven T. Oetting, Sabrina Y. Lane Erwin and A. Natasha Cortina, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


BAXTER, J.

We address a conflict in the Courts of Appeal about the proper application of Penal Code section 1237.5 and rule 31(d) of the California Rules of Court.1 These provisions allow an appeal from a judgment entered on a guilty plea only if (1) the defendant obtains a certificate of probable cause from the trial court or (2) the appeal falls within the two categories of grounds that do not require a certificate. One "noncertificate...

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