People v. Barrero

Opinion

HARRIS, J. *

Appellant pled guilty to felony joyriding in violation of section 10851 of the Vehicle Code and was sentenced to the upper term of three years. His motion for modification of sentence was denied, and this appeal based solely on errors in sentencing followed.

The question presented is whether a trial court may as a part of a negotiated plea impose a condition that defendant’s nonappearance at subsequent proceedings will relieve the court of the bargain but not the defendant of his guilty plea.

The facts are best summarized by the trial court:

“Let me review the sorry state of…