P. v. Morgan
Carl Green Morgan entered a negotiated guilty plea to one count of possessing methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a)) and admitted having one prior serious/violent felony or strike conviction (Pen. Code,[1] § 667, subds. (b)-(i)). As part of the plea bargain, the prosecution agreed to dismiss 10 other felony counts, four misdemeanor counts and two allegations of serving a prior prison term (§ 667.5,
subd. (b). Morgan, who represented himself below, and the prosecution also agreed to a stipulated sentence of 32 months in prison. The trial court sentenced Morgan in accordance with the plea bargain─the middle term of 16 months doubled under the "Three Strikes" law. The trial court awarded Morgan 186 days of custody credit.[2]
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