PEOPLE v. RICHARDSON

No. C049702.

67 Cal.Rptr.3d 552 (2007)

156 Cal.App.4th 574

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Clifton Lee RICHARDSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, Third District.

October 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curt R. Zimansky, Sacramento, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez and Stephen G. Herndon, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, Sarah J. Farhat, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


ROBIE, J.

Penal Code1 section 859a authorizes a magistrate to accept a guilty or no contest plea from a defendant charged with a felony, then certify the case to the superior court for pronouncement of judgment. The question here is whether a defendant who takes advantage of this certified plea process after the magistrate has denied his or her motion to suppress at the preliminary examination...

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