Is a guilty plea sufficient to render an appeal moot?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Patterson, 262 Cal.Rptr. 195, 49 Cal.3d 615, 778 P.2d 549 (Cal. 1989):
3 The Court of Appeal properly rejected defendant's contention that his guilty plea had rendered the appeal moot. (People v. Orin (1975) 13 Cal.3d 937, 120 Cal.Rptr. 65, 533 P.2d 193.)
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