Meals

Robert Meals, Jr., appeals from the judgment of conviction (order of probation) and from various orders of the trial court that are not appealable except from the judgment. The conviction was based on a guilty plea pursuant to a plea bargain; a certificate of probable cause (Pen. Code, § 1237.5) is in the record.

In an indictment filed November 20, 1973, appellant and several codefendants were charged with conspiracy to commit grand theft. A second indictment, filed April 11, 1974, charged appellant and codefendants with conspiracy to commit grand theft and to receive stolen property. The proceedings culminating in the plea bargain are based on the second indictment. A motion under Penal Code section 995 to dismiss the indictment was denied. A demurrer to the indictment was also overruled.

A plea bargain was entered into whereby defendants would plead guilty to conspiracy to receive stolen property; the matter would be made a misdemeanor by sentence without any representation or promise as to what the sentence would be; and all defendants would be entitled to a certificate of probable cause to appeal those issues contained in the motions to dismiss, in the demurrer and…