P. v. Watts
Appellant, Quiona Marie Watts, was charged in a criminal complaint on February 14, 2007, with murder (Pen. Code, 187, subd. (a), count one),[1]gross vehicular manslaughter ( 191.5, subd. (a), count two), driving under the influence of alcohol (Veh. Code, 23153, subd. (a), count three), driving with a blood alcohol level above .08 percent (Veh. Code, 23153, subd. (b), count four), and driving with a suspended license (Veh. Code, 14601.2, subd. (a), count five). Count five further alleged Watts had a prior conviction of Vehicle Code section 23153, subdivision (b).
On March 29, 2007, Watts entered into a plea agreement in which she would admit count two and the remaining allegations would be dismissed. Watts executed an advisement of rights, waiver, and plea form acknowledging her constitutional rights and waiving them. The plea agreement was to a maximum sentence of 10 years. The trial court advised Watts of her constitutional rights pursuant to Boykin/Tahl,[2]as well as of the consequences of her plea. Watts waived her constitutional rights as well as her right to a preliminary hearing The parties stipulated to a factual basis for the plea. Watts pled no contest to count two and the remaining allegations were dismissed. At the sentencing hearing on April 27, 2007, the trial court stated it had read the probation report and accompanying The trial courts order imposing fines and assessments without an accounting for each one in the abstract of judgment is reversed. The case is remanded for the trial court to identify the statutory bases of all fines and assessments imposed, to record them in its minutes and an amended abstract of judgment, and to forward the amended abstract of judgment to the proper authorities. The judgment is otherwise affirmed.
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