People v. Sanchez

Opinion

MOORE, J.

A criminal defendant has a constitutional and statutory right to be present at sentencing. (People v. Robertson (1989) 48 Cal.3d 18, 60 [255 Cal.Rptr. 631, 767 P.2d 1109].) Defendant Rolando Esteban Sanchez contends he was denied his right to counsel and to be present at his resentencing hearing when the trial court resentenced him in his absence on remand after the federal district court ordered defendant’s conviction on count five vacated and the matter remanded for trial on count five for resentencing.

Defendant was convicted and sentenced on a number of felony convictions…