People v. John

McKINSTER Acting P. J.

*290*171Defendant Shelly Elaine John was permitted to plead guilty to the felony offenses alleged against her; but, the trial court accepted a stipulation that she was insane at the time she committed the offenses and should serve her sentence in a state hospital where her sanity could be restored. Less than five months after the trial court committed defendant to Patton State Hospital, she moved to withdraw her plea pursuant to Penal Code section 1018. The trial court denied the motion as untimely, presumably because it believed judgment had already been entered. In her…