Legal Opinion
People v. Breslin
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 16, 2012No. A132443PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SEPULVEDA, J.*
Jean Karol Breslin appeals a judgment following her guilty plea to one count of corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant (Pen. Code,* 1 § 273.5, subd. (a)). She contends that the trial court abused its discretion in denying her motion to withdraw her plea because her trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to discover prior to the entry of her plea that the victim had attempted to recant his statement to the police. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Because the conviction was based on a plea, the following facts are derived from the probation…
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