P. v. Rodriguez CA5
Defendant Al Rodriguez was charged with and convicted of two crimes after he choked a cohabitant. The information and jury verdict form described one of those crimes as corporal injury to a cohabitant “with [a] prior” under section 273.5, subdivision (f)(1).
During trial, the jury was informed that defendant had stipulated that he suffered a prior conviction for corporal injury on a spouse on December 12, 2011. There is no indication defendant was advised of his trial rights before entering into the stipulation.
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