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PEOPLE v. CUEVAS

No. S147510.

44 Cal.4th 374 (2008)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAUL GARCIA CUEVAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberta Simon, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Pamela C. Hamanka, Assistant Attorney General, Margaret E. Maxwell, Lawrence M. Daniels, Kristofer Jorstad, Lance E. Winters and Susan S. Kim, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

CHIN, J.

Negotiated plea agreements may include a sentence "lid," which constrains the maximum sentence a trial court may impose but is less than the maximum exposure the defendant would otherwise face absent the agreed-upon lid. In People v. Shelton (2006) 37 Cal.4th 759, 763 [37 Cal.Rptr.3d 354, 125 P.3d 290

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