California Courts of Appeal, 1978

People v. Niren

California Courts of Appeal · Decided January 13, 1978 · Gardner

76 Cal. App. 3d 850; 143 Cal. Rptr. 130; 1978 Cal. App. LEXIS 1171

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision.

People v. Pritchett (Cal. Ct. App. 1993)
People v. Loper (Cal. 2015)
People v. Laue (Cal. Ct. App. 1982)
People v. Druschel (Cal. Ct. App. 1982)
People v. Herrera (Cal. Ct. App. 1982)
People v. Gainer (Cal. Ct. App. 1982)
People v. Niren (Cal. Ct. App. 1978)

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Opinion of the Court

Opinion

GARDNER, P. J.

Defendant pleaded guilty to arson and was sentenced to prison. A report was requested pursuant to Penal Code section 1168. The court subsequently received an unfavorable report from the Director of Corrections and declined to recall the commitment. Defendant then made a motion to recall the commitment. This motion was denied. Defendant then filed a notice of appeal from the latter order.

The Attorney General contends that the order purportedly appealed from is a nonappealable order. We agree.

Proceedings under Penal Code section 1168 cannot be initiated by a defendant. (Thomas v. Superior Court, 1 Cal.3d 788, 790 [83 Cal.Rptr. 357, 463 P.2d 709]; Alanis v. Superior Court, 1 Cal.3d 784 [83 Cal.Rptr. 355, 463 P.2d 707].) The defendant simply has no standing to make a motion to recall under Penal Code section 1168. Therefore, the trial court’s denial of such a motion is not appealable.

Appeal dismissed.

Kaufman, J., and McDaniel, J., concurred.

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