P. v. Vera
Pursuant to a negotiated disposition, appellant Raul Vera pleaded no contest to an amended complaint charging grand theft from person (Pen. Code, 484/ 487, subd. (c), count one); and battery causing serious bodily injury (Pen. Code, 243, subd. (d), count two). Appellant agreed to a court trial on the truth of a prior juvenile adjudication allegation, which was charged as a strike for purposes of the three strikes law. (Welf. & Inst. Code, 707, subd. (b), Pen. Code, 667, subds. (b)-(i) and 1170.12.)[1] In exchange for his pleas, appellant was promised that if the strike allegation was found true by the court he would be sentenced to four years in state prison "top and bottom." However, if the strike was found to be not true, his plea would be with "no conditions."
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