People v. Eckley

In People v. Eckley (2004) 123 Cal.App.4th 1072, the court relied upon inaccurate statements in documents submitted to it for the sentencing. (Id. at pp.1078-1080.) The appellate court concluded reliance upon the erroneous information rendered the sentencing fundamentally unfair, requiring a new sentencing hearing. (Id. at pp. 1080-1081.) "A court's reliance, in its sentencing and probation decisions, on factually erroneous sentencing reports or other incorrect or unreliable information can constitute a denial of due process." (Id. at p. 1080.)