Does a no contest plea preclude a defendant from claiming he did not commit the crime of failing to register?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Belton, C074917 (Cal. App. 2015):

obtained a certificate of probable cause, defendant is barred from claiming he did not commit the offense of failing to register because a no contest plea "waives any right to raise questions regarding the evidence," "constitutes an admission of every element of the offense charged[,] constitutes a conclusive admission of guilt" and "concedes that the prosecution possesses legally admissible evidence sufficient to prove defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." (People v. Turner (1985) 171 Cal.App.3d 116, 125, italics added.)

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