People v. Carevic CA4/2

DISCUSSION

Defendant appealed and, upon his request, this court appointed counsel to

represent him. Counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979)

25 Cal.3d 436 and Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738, setting forth a statement of

This statement of facts is taken from the preliminary hearing transcript.

3 the case and a few potential arguable issues: (1) whether his plea was constitutionally

valid; (2) whether the trial court complied with its duty under section 1192.5 to establish

a sufficient factual basis for the plea; (3) whether defendant was sentenced in accordance

with the plea agreement; and (4) whether the court complied with its duty under section

1009 when it allowed the information to be amended to include counts 7 and 8. Counsel

has also requested this court to undertake a review of the entire record.

We offered defendant an opportunity to file a personal supplemental brief, which

he has done. He filed two handwritten personal briefs. In his first brief, defendant

asserts that he entered his plea agreement before the passage of Proposition 47. He

claims that Proposition 47 reduced all of his charges, except one, to…