People v. Brock (2006) ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Second Dist., Aug. 3, 2006) (statement made by defendant during plea negotiations should not have been admitted at trial as confession, since a criminal defendant's offer to plead guilty "is inadmissible in any action or in any proceeding of any nature . . . . " (Evid. Code, 1153.) "The purpose of the statute is to promote the public interest by encouraging the parties to settle a criminal case without the necessity of a trial." (People v. Magana (1993) 17 Cal.App.4th 1371, 1376.) "Bona fide plea negotiations include statements made to the trial court and to the prosecuting attorney because those are the participants in a plea bargain." (Id. at p. 1377); subject to harmless error analysis).