People v. Lichens

Prom a judgment of guilty of assault by means of force and violence likely to produce great bodily injury, predicated upon defendant’s plea of guilty, he appeals. ,

Defendant applied for probation, and the matter was referred to the probation ■ officer, who made a report recommending probation. The trial court denied probation and sentenced defendant.

Defendant contends that the trial court, in considering probation, listened to, and was influenced by, hearsay evidence not contained in the probation officer’s report and not presented at a judicial hearing.

This contention is devoid of merit. At…