California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Beavers, C073720 (Cal. App. 2015):
Defendant, however, fundamentally misapprehends the consequence of his guilty plea to the active participation in a criminal street gang offense. A plea of guilty admits every element of a charged offense. (People v. Watts (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 589, 595.) It also constitutes a "conclusive admission of guilt." (People v. Westbrook (1996) 43 Cal.App.4th 220, 223-224.) "It waives any right to raise questions about the evidence, including its sufficiency." (People v. Lobaugh (1987) 188 Cal.App.3d 780, 785.)
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