P. v. Patterson CA1/2
The sole question presented is whether defendant Brian Anthony Patterson was given a sentence in excess of his plea bargain. The salient circumstances are these:
Defendant was charged in case No. 15-9108 with committing the felony of second degree burglary on February 16, 2014, and committing the misdemeanors of possessing drug paraphernalia, shoplifting, and petty theft in January and February 2015. He and the prosecution reached a negotiated disposition of that action as follows: defendant would plead guilty to the burglary; the misdemeanor charges would be dismissed; defendant would serve 180 in the county jail; and he would be on probation for three years. In May 2015, the trial court accepted the plea, suspended imposition of sentence, and admitted defendant to probation for three years upon specified conditions, one of which was that he serve 180 days in the county jail. The maximum punishment to which defendant could be subjected was three years, but the court left the se
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