P. v. Jones
Defendant entered a negotiated plea of no contest to stalking (Pen. Code, 646.9, subd. (a); unspecified section references that follow are to the Penal Code), dissuading a witness ( 136.1, subd. (b)(1)) and battery against a person with whom defendant had a dating relationship ( 243, subd. (e)(1)). He was sentenced pursuant to the plea to an aggregate state prison term of three years four months. Defendant appeals, contending his conviction must be reversed because he was unrepresented at a critical stage of the proceeding in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Court find no constitutional violation and affirm the judgment.
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