People v. George CA4/1

DISCUSSION

The record shows that on February 25, 2014, at the change of plea hearing,

defendant indicated that he would be pleading guilty; that he understood the nature of the

charges against him, the possible defenses and the consequences of his pleading guilty;

that he had not taken any drugs, alcohol or other medication in the last 24 hours; and that

he had enough time to go over his case with his attorney. The court reviewed the

specifics of the change of plea form with defendant and added: "Do you understand that

there is no agreement between you and the People for your plea and admission to those

priors?" Defendant replied, "Yes."

The court also asked defendant if he understood the following: (1) the maximum

consequence of his plea is 62 years to life; (2) he was subject to a $10,000 fine; (3) he

was subject to parole for at least 10 years or for life; (4) that the offenses he was

admitting to constituted two additional strikes; (5) he would be deported if he was not a

citizen; (5) at sentencing, his attorney would present a motion for the court to consider

striking some of the prior strikes—but the sentence would be up to the court's discretion

and…