Can a defendant appeal from a judgment of conviction entered on a plea of guilty or nolo contendere?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, B266516 (Cal. App. 2016):
3. Generally, "a defendant may not take an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered on a plea of guilty or nolo contendere unless he has filed in the superior court a statement of certificate grounds[] which go to the legality of the proceedings, including the validity of his plea, and has obtained from the superior court a certificate of probable cause for the appeal." (People v. Mendez (1999) 19 Cal.4th 1084, 1095.)
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