P. v. Barragan-Galvez
Filed 6/30/06 P. v. Barragan-Galvez CA4/3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AGUSTIN BARRAGAN-GALVEZ, Defendant and Appellant. | G036257 (Super. Ct. No. C44502) O P I N I O N |
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Richard F. Toohey, Judge. Affirmed.
Vellanoweth & Gehart, Carlos Vellanoweth, John Wolfgang Gehart, Elena Yampolsky and Russell Marco Jauregui for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Jakob and David Delgado-Rucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Defendant Agustin Barragan-Galvez appeals from the denial of his motion to vacate a judgment and plea on the grounds that the plea was unintelligent and involuntary and was based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We disagree and affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In 1980, defendant, a citizen of Mexico, was charged, along with four others, with two counts of felony sale or transportation of narcotics (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352), and a public defender, Roland â€