The People v. Wright CA1/3

FACTS

A. Background On July 5, 2012, Wright was arrested after the mother of three of his children reported to the police that he had physically assaulted her. Five days later, the district attorney filed a felony complaint charging Wright with one count of inflicting corporeal injury on the mother of his children (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)). B. Change of Plea Proceeding On July 24, 2012, at a change of plea proceeding, Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Norman informed the court the parties were close to agreeing that Wright would plead guilty to the felony offense in exchange for the prosecutor’s promise that she “would not be requesting state prison.” Norman further informed the court that Wright was scheduled to start junior college classes the following month, and he was very interested in being able to participate in classes at that time. However, Norman requested that Wright remain in custody until sentencing. “But if we could set sentencing the second or third week in August hopefully we would be in a position to have Mr. Wright out and supervised and in a structured situation.” After a brief recess, defense counsel informed the court that Wright was prepared…