P. v. Herran
On April 3, 2015, Nick Julian Herran waived his constitutional rights to a jury trial, pleaded no contest to one count of mayhem (Pen. Code, § 203) and admitted the special allegation he had personally used a deadly weapon in committing the offense (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (b)(1)) as charged in the amended information.
At the time he entered his plea, Herran was advised of his constitutional rights and the nature and consequences of the plea, which he stated he understood. Herran’s counsel joined in the waivers of his constitutional rights. The trial court expressly found Herran’s waivers and plea were voluntary, knowing and intelligent.
The court sentenced Herran in accordance with the negotiated plea agreement to a nine-year state prison term, consisting of the upper eight-year term for mayhem plus one-year for the weapon use enhancement. The court then stayed execution of sentence and placed Herran on five years of formal probation on condition he
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