Amin v. Superior Court

MOORE, J,,

Dissenting. — I respectfully dissent. I actually agree with most of what the majority says, but I draw different conclusions from the facts.

This is what happened. In a busy misdemeanor arraignment court, the prosecutor and defense lawyer agreed to the disposition of a case where defendant was using his cell phone to look up women’s skirts. The two lawyers agreed defendant would plead guilty in exchange for three years’ probation. While memorializing the agreement in a writing, the defense lawyer added an additional term, that defendant’s guilty plea would “resolve[] all incidents…