Legal Opinion

People v. McLeod

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 15, 1989No. H003869PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

ELIA, J.

Ronald Albert McLeod appeals from a judgment of conviction of five counts of grand theft (Pen. Code, §§ 484, 487, subd. 1) and one transactionally related misdemeanor, entered upon his pleas of guilty. He contends that his trial attorney abandoned him with respect to his motion to withdraw his guilty pleas, and that the trial court improperly failed to state reasons for the consecutive prison sentences it imposed. We conclude there is no showing of abandonment, and that the apparent sentencing error was harmless. Accordingly we affirm.

Appellant adopts the probation report’s…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  3. Nix v. WhitesideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. People v. BlessingCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
  5. People v. BejaranoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
  2. People v. MinderCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1996
  3. People v. SanchezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
  4. People v. GutierrezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
  5. People v. MakabaliCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1993

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