P. v. Williams
Defendant Michael Anthony Williams pled no contest to charges of abusing the mother of his child. In accordance with the terms of his plea agreement, defendant was granted probation, the terms of which he later violated. After revoking defendant’s probation, the trial court doubled his prison sentence because of a strike prior he admitted as part of his plea agreement.
Defendant argues that under the terms of his plea agreement he admitted the strike prior only conditionally because the mention of the strike prior on the first page of the plea agreement includes the words “conditional admission upon proof only.†He argues that the prosecutor failed to meet that condition by failing to adequately prove his strike prior. Since the condition was allegedly not met, defendant believes the trial court erred in doubling his sentence.
Having reviewed the plea agreement, we conclude the only reasonable construction of the entire agreement is that defendant made an unconditional admission of the strike prior. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.
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