People v. Hurlic

*53As a general rule, a criminal defendant who enters a guilty or no contest plea with an agreed-upon sentence may challenge that sentence on appeal only if he or she first obtains a certificate of probable cause from the trial court. ( Pen. Code, § 1237.5, subd. (a) ;1 People v. Panizzon (1996) 13 Cal.4th 68, 76, 51 Cal.Rptr.2d 851, 913 P.2d 1061 ( Panizzon ); People v. Cuevas (2008) 44 Cal.4th 374, 384, 79 Cal.Rptr.3d 303, 187 P.3d 30 ( Cuevas ).) Does this general rule apply when the defendant's challenge to the agreed-upon sentence is based on our Legislature's enactment of a statute that…