Does a plea of guilty or no contest forecloses an appellate challenge to the factual basis of the plea?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Kemp, F068919 (Cal. App. 2016):
Kemp pled to the gang enhancement. A plea of guilty or no contest forecloses an appellate challenge to the factual basis for the plea; the same is true of an admission of an enhancement. (People v. Voit (2011) 200 Cal.App.4th 1353, 1364.)
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