Legal Opinion
Amin v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 23, 2015No. G050191PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BEDS WORTH, J. —
In this writ proceeding, we examine whether the People of the State of California, real party in interest, should be allowed to rescind a misdemeanor plea agreement under which they agreed not to pursue certain felony charges against petitioner Joseph Semir Mutwakil Amin. The People contend the agreement is voidable due to mistake of fact and for other reasons, but we disagree and grant petitioner’s request to enforce the deal.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On July 17, 2012, petitioner was at an Albertson’s grocery store in Irvine. He snuck up behind a woman in the…
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