People v. Jacobs

Opinion

RICHMAN, J.

A jury convicted defendant Deontae Lapoleon Jacobs of two counts of auto burglary and two counts of receiving stolen property. He was sentenced to five years four months in state prison, sentenced by a different judge than the one who presided over his trial—despite that the trial judge had set the sentencing on his calendar, in his department, and would be available in three court days to impose it.

Defendant’s sole contention on appeal is that his sentence is improper, a contention distilled into two essential arguments: (1) defendant had a right to be sentenced by the…