Can a defendant who agrees to a specific sentence at trial be successful in appealing against the specific sentence imposed by the trial court?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cadenas, H046065 (Cal. App. 2019):
unfairly supplement this benefit by mounting an appellate attack on the trial court's imposition of the specific sentence which the defendant agreed to accept." (People v. Couch (1996) 48 Cal.App.4th 1053, 1057.)
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