PEOPLE v. RICHARDSON

No. A157529.

65 Cal.App.5th 360 (2021)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DEVONNE LAVERT RICHARDSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

June 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Bernstein , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Lance E. Winters and Jeffrey M. Laurence , Assistant Attorneys General, Rene A. Chacon and Juliet B. Haley , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

Plea bargaining is essential to the efficient and fair operation of the justice system. Plea bargains provide a method of disposing of criminal prosecutions through guilty or no contest pleas by a defendant in return for a reciprocal benefit, generally consisting of less punishment than...

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