When will a court accept a plea bargain in a murder case?

The trial court held there was sufficient evidence to convict defendant of murder. It was intimately familiar with that evidence, as it had heard defendant's preliminary hearing. Indeed, in some cases, a court may need to consult a probation report and the preliminary examination transcript when deciding whether to approve a proposed plea bargain. (People v. Stringham (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 184, 194.) The prosecution's evidence showed that defendant exited the car, stood outside the car by the driver's side window, and then shot Lorenzo in the head without apparent provocation. This was

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