Randy Cook, local realtor plead guilty to a felony

Randall Miles Cook, of Cookhouse Realty, who is also a member of Humboldt Association of Realtors plead guilty to a felony on 12/17. The charge is child endangerment. PC 273 (a). This was a change in plea. Two charges of PC 288 (a) were dismissed.

Sentencing is on February 4. Judge Miles was the judge who was at the hearing for this plea; case prosecuted by Kelly Neel and defendant's attorney is Michael Robinson.

The plea he entered was conditional.

From the Central California Apellate Program, Guilty Plea Resource Page, the following is information on a conditional plea.

There are two types of guilty or no contest pleas in California: (1) a
Conditional plea, where the plea is conditioned upon receipt of a particular
disposition; and (2) an unconditional or open plea.

When taking a conditional plea of guilty or nolo contendere to an accusatory pleading charging a felony requires a trial court to “cause an inquiry to be made of the defendant to satisfy itself that the plea is freely and voluntarily made, and that there is a factual basis for the plea.”

From the web page of Roberts and Elliott : The legal effect of such a plea, to a crime punishable as a felony, shall be the same as that of a plea of guilty for all purposes.