Does a defendant waive his right to plead guilty to assault?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fawcett, F073706 (Cal. App. 2017):
Defendant waived his constitutional rights pursuant to Boykin v. Alabama (1969) 395 U.S. 238 and In re Tahl (1969) 1 Cal.3d 122, and was informed of the consequences of his plea, including the sentence range for each offense, that he would be on felony probation, and that if he violated the terms of probation, he could be sentenced to prison for one of the terms within that sentence range. As part of the plea agreement, defense
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