What is the effect of a plea agreement that states that a defendant will not be affected by a change in the statutory consequences of a criminal conviction?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Ellis, 257 Cal.Rptr.3d 79, 43 Cal.App.5th 925 (Cal. App. 2019):

additional laws for the public good and in pursuance of public policy. " ( Doe [, supra ,] 57 Cal.4th [at p. 66, 158 Cal.Rptr.3d 290, 302 P.3d 598,] quoting People v. Gipson (2004) 117 Cal.App.4th 1065, 1070, 12 Cal.Rptr.3d 478.) Put differently, courts will not amend a plea agreement to add "an implied promise [that] the defendant will be unaffected by a change in the statutory consequences attending his or her conviction." "8 (

[257 Cal.Rptr.3d 88]

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