People v. Ambrose

*1920Opinion

PETERSON, J.

In this case, we hold that the trial court validly required appellant to waive any right to future custody credit, for the time he would spend in a residential alcohol treatment center, as a condition of probation.1 We also hold appellant could knowingly and intelligently waive his right to future custody credit, even though the amount of the prospective credit was then necessarily unknown.

I. Facts and Procedural History

In October 1989, appellant pleaded guilty to second degree burglary (Pen. Code,2 § 459) and to receiving stolen property (§ 496). The court sentenced…