Legal Opinion
People v. Ponce
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 25, 2009No. B209918PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, P. J.
Here we advise judicial restraint when issuing a restraining order.
Ruben Ponce appeals a sentencing order made after his no contest plea to second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211) and his admission that he committed the offense for the benefit of a street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(C)). Ponce was sentenced to an aggregate term of 13 years in state prison. We conclude, among other things, that the trial court erred by issuing a three-year protective order against Ponce per section 136.2 at sentencing. There was no evidence that Ponce had threatened witnesses during the…
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