California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Saez, 189 Cal.Rptr.3d 72, 237 Cal.App.4th 1177 (Cal. App. 2015):
In People v. Trujillo (2006) 40 Cal.4th 165 [51 Cal.Rptr.3d 718, 146 P.3d 1259] (Trujillo ), the court directly addressed the issue it had deferred in Reed , whether an excerpt from a probation officer's report was part of the record of conviction. The court concluded the postconviction report, which included admissions by the defendant that he had stabbed the victim, was not part of the record. A statement by the defendant recounted in a postconviction probation officer's report does not necessarily reflect the nature of the crime of which the defendant was convicted....Once the court accepted his plea,
[189 Cal.Rptr.3d 101]
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