P. v. Camacho
Defendant Martin Ortiz Camacho entered a negotiated plea of no contest to stalking in violation of a court order (with use of a knife) and misdemeanor battery. The trial court dismissed several counts consistent with the plea bargain. It then denied probation and sentenced defendant to the middle term of three years for the stalking conviction plus a one-year enhancement for use of the knife. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion by denying probation in that it relied on improper factors in doing so. In a separate petition for writ of habeas corpus, which we ordered considered with the appeal, defendant claims that his plea is invalid because the trial court failed to ascertain that there was a factual basis for it. Court affirm the judgment. Court also dispose of the habeas corpus petition by separate order filed this day.
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