People v. Enright

In People v. Enright (1982) 132 Cal. App. 3d 631, the defendant argued the record did not establish a factual basis for the trial court's acceptance of her guilty plea to a charge of receiving stolen property ( 496, subd. (1)) because the change of plea form did not refer to the element of her knowledge that the property was stolen. (Enright, at p. 634.) "At the time the trial court accepted the guilty plea, Enright was asked what was her plea to the charge she 'did unlawfully buy, receive, conceal, sell and withhold property which had been stolen knowing such property to be stolen . . . victim stipulated to be Anderson.'" (Ibid.) The reviewing court concluded "the above quoted statement in court, made before the plea was accepted, included adequate reference to the knowledge element. The trial court complied with the requirement it 'cause an inquiry to be made of the defendant to satisfy itself . . . that there is a factual basis for such plea' ( 1192.5)." (Enright, at p. 634.)