P. v. Lyon
Filed 6/20/06 P. v. Lyon CA6
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES EDWARD LYONS, Defendant and Appellant. | H028810 (Santa Clara County Super.Ct.No. CC440907) |
Defendant Charles Edward Lyons appeals from the trial court's order denying his motion under Penal Code section 1018[1] to withdraw his guilty plea to various charges. The charges stemmed from Lyons evading a police officer while on a motorcycle and causing great bodily injury to his unwitting passenger when the pursuit ended in a collision. Defendant's primary contention below was that his counsel had misadvised him concerning the maximum sentence were he to have been convicted of all counts charged, with all enhancements found true, and he would not have pleaded guilty had he known his true, lesser exposure.
The trial court denied defendant's motion, finding that he had not shown good cause. The court concluded that defendant's testimony as to why he had pleaded guilty was â€
