P. v. Morris
Defendant, entered negotiated guilty pleas to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated (Pen. Code, 191.5, subd. (a)) and hit and run (Veh. Code, 20001, subd. (a)). He admitted a prior conviction of driving under the influence (Pen. Code, 181.5, subd. (d)) and entered a Blakely waiver (Blakely v. Washington (2004) 542 U.S. 296 (Blakely). The court sentenced him to prison for 15 years, eight months to life: 15 years to life for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with a prior conviction of driving under the influence, with a consecutive eight months for hit and run (one third the middle term). On September 15, 2006, Morris filed a petition for a writ of coram nobis. He contended that he changed his pleas from not guilty to guilty because his counsel falsely advised him that the district attorney agreed to recommend that the court impose a determinate term rather than a possible life term. The trial court denied the petition for a writ of coram nobis.
The judgment is affirmed.
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