What is the effect of failing to advise a defendant that by admitting to an alleged prior he gave up his right against self-incrimination?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Forrest, 221 Cal.App.3d 675, 270 Cal.Rptr. 573 (Cal. App. 1990):
It appears tangentially appropriate at this point to refer to the following statement in People v. Ray (1990) 220 Cal.App.3d 943 at page 950, 269 Cal.Rptr. 682, 686, which holds that the failure to advise a defendant that by admitting an alleged prior he gave up his right against self-incrimination was reversible error:
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