P. v. Crumwell
On June 20, 2012, defendant and appellant John Craft Crumwell entered a no contest plea to a violation of Health and Safety Code section 11352, subdivision (a), and admitted suffering a prior conviction under the three strikes law (Pen. Code, §§ 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d), 667, subds. (b)-(i)). Pursuant to a case settlement agreement between defendant and the prosecution, the trial court imposed an eight-year sentence, consisting of the midterm of four years, doubled under the three strikes law.
Defendant filed a notice of appeal without obtaining a certificate of probable cause. His notice of appeal states the appeal is “exclusively based on grounds that arose after entry of the plea and do not affect the plea’s validity.â€
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