Does a defendant have a right to remain silent and confront adverse witnesses?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Andrade, B280096 (Cal. App. 2019):
People v. Mosby (2004) 33 Cal.4th 353 (Mosby) provides a more apt analysis. There, after the jury returned a guilty verdict on the pending charge of selling cocaine, the defendant waived trial on a prior conviction, but not "the concomitant rights to remain silent and to confront adverse witnesses." (Id. at p. 356.) He then admitted a prior conviction for possessing cocaine.
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