P. v. Lerma
Defendant Shantel Olivia Lerma was committed to state prison to serve a term of 19 years after she entered guilty pleas to narcotics, conspiracy, and street terrorism counts, and admitted numerous enhancement and prior conviction allegations in three separate cases. Her sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erroneously denied her an additional 99 days of presentence custody credit. The Attorney General maintains that (1) defendant waived her right to those credits when she entered her pleas in the two earlier cases, (2) defendant forfeited her right to raise this issue on appeal by failing to raise it at the sentencing hearing, and (3) defendant lacks the right to raise this issue on appeal because she waived her appellate rights as part of the plea agreement that resolved the final case and the sentences for all three cases. We conclude that defendants waiver of her appellate rights precludes her from prosecuting this appeal, and Court dismiss the appeal.
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