K.r. v. the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Respondent the People, Real Party in Interest.

Summary

The court held that every negotiated plea agreement in adult or juvenile court includes an implied term that, absent a waiver, the judge who accepts the plea will impose the sentence or disposition when the judge retains sentencing discretion. Because the Court of Appeal required K.R. to prove a subjective expectation of sentencing before the same judge, the court reversed and remanded with directions to grant K.R.'s writ petition.