P. v. Blajos
Defendant Robbie Blajos entered a negotiated plea of no contest to attempted murder and second degree robbery. No preliminary hearing was conducted, but the amended felony complaint alleged that on January 17, 2008, Blajos and two accomplices robbed Dee Pak Aggerwal and attempted to murder Leonardo Calderon. Testimony elicited from Blajos to establish a factual basis for the plea revealed that his accomplice Gomez handed guns to Blajos and accomplice Duran and told them to rob two men on the street. The probation report indicates that Blajos pointed a gun at one of the men and took his wallet and mobile phone. The probation report further indicates that earlier on the same night, Blajos and Duran approached three men who were walking and robbed at least one of them at knifepoint. Blajos then slashed the knife toward the robbery victims neck, and cut the victims thumb. After his plea of no contest, Blajos retained private counsel and unsuccessfully moved to withdraw his plea on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court conducted an evidentiary hearing at which Blajos and his former attorney testified. The court denied the motion and sentenced Blajos to 22 years in prison, as provided in the plea agreement.
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