Is a failure to properly advise a defendant of their Boykin-Tahl rights rights reversible?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Vega, B262459 (Cal. App. 2016):
Nevertheless, the failure to properly advise a defendant of his or her Boykin-Tahl "rights is not reversible 'if the record affirmatively shows that [the admission] is voluntary and intelligent under the totality of the circumstances.'" (People v. Cross, supra, 61 Cal.4th at p. 179.) "[I]f the transcript does not reveal complete advisements and waivers, the reviewing court must examine the record of 'the entire proceeding' to
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