Dunn
People v. Dunn
Opinion
Opinion
Puglia, J.
Defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction following her plea of guilty to one count each of forgery and welfare fraud (Pen. Code, § 470; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 11483). She was sentenced to a total term of three years and eight months in state prison.
On appeal, defendant contends: (1) her Arbuckle rights were violated (People v. Arbuckle (1978) 22 Cal.3d 749 [ 150 Cal.Rptr. 778 , 587 P.2d 220 , 3 A.L.R.4th 1171 ]); and (2) the trial court abused its discretion in denying her motion to withdraw her guilty plea. The superior court has issued a certificate of probable cause (Pen. Code, § 1237.5). We shall reject defendant’s contentions and affirm the judgment.
The facts of the offenses are not essential to the determination of this appeal. Suffice it to say that defendant (1) forged an endorsement on a check payable to another person and cashed it and (2) impersonated her sister-in-law in order to receive welfare payments to which she was not entitled.
I
On July 18, 1984, defendant appeared before the Honorable Sheldon Grossfeld and withdrew her not guilty plea to 19 counts of welfare fraud and forgery. She pled guilty to two counts in consideration for which the…