P. v. Biddle
Dijon Marquette Biddle was charged in an amended information with willfully inflicting corporal injury on cohabitant Shaunte Manning (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a))[1] with special allegations he had personally inflicted great bodily injury on her under circumstances involving domestic violence (§ 12022.7, subd. (e)) and had previously suffered a domestic violence conviction (§ 273.5, subd. (e)(1)). Biddle pleaded not guilty and denied the special allegations.
Represented by appointed counsel, Biddle agreed to plead no contest to assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)) in return for a four-year state prison sentence and dismissal of the original charge. At the time Biddle entered his plea, he was advised of, and stated he understood, his constitutional rights and the nature and consequences of his plea.
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