Opinion ID: 1124385
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Heading: Chagolla

Text: In Chagolla, the Court of Appeal decided the precise issue raised in this case. There, the defendant received probation for an attempted murder charge. The trial court imposed a four-year sentence with a three-year enhancement for infliction of great bodily injury, but it suspended execution of the sentence during the probation. ( Chagolla, supra, 151 Cal. App.3d at p. 1047.) The defendant did not appeal the sentence and later was arrested for other offenses. The trial court revoked the defendant's probation and ordered the previously suspended sentence into effect. ( Ibid. ) However, the trial court also purported to stay the enhancement, reducing the defendant's prison term to four years. ( Id. at pp. 1047-1048.) The Court of Appeal held that, under the sentencing rules, and particularly rule 435(b)(2), the trial court had no authority to modify the previously imposed sentence. ( Chagolla, supra, 151 Cal. App.3d at pp. 1049-1050.)