California v. Perez
Annotate this CaseDefendant Jorge Armando Juarez Perez pled guilty to possessing methamphetamine for sale and possessing a firearm within 1000 feet of a school. The court placed him on probation and ordered him to spend 180 days in jail with credit for 157 days, including conduct credits. Defendant subsequently filed a timely motion to withdraw his guilty pleas. The court denied defendant's motion without stating any reasons. Defendant appealed that denial. After review, the Court of Appeal reversed: based on the record in this matter, including the superior court's failure to state any reason for denying defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea, the court abused its discretion. "We remand the matter for further proceedings. This is not to say defendant is entitled to withdraw his guilty plea, but when the evidence is one-sided and the court's ruling is contrary to that evidence, an order denying relief should alert the reviewing court as to the reason(s) for such a ruling. A denial without any statement of a reason provides no reasonable basis for the denial."
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