What are the consequences of a defendant's failure to raise the issue of the penal consequences of an admission of sexual assault?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Vella, A156577 (Cal. App. 2020):
2. We exercise our discretion to consider the issue of the penal consequences of the admission despite defendant's failure to raise it below. (See People v. Williams (1998) 17 Cal.4th 148, 161-162, fn. 6.)
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