What is the legal test for pleading guilty in a criminal proceeding?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ela v. Cal. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd., B259497 (Cal. App. 2016):
A suspect charged in a criminal proceeding may plead guilty, not guilty, or nolo contendere (no contest). (Pen. Code, 1016.) A "plea of guilty includes an admission of every element entering into the offenses charged . . . ." (People v. Brown (1934) 140 Cal.App. 616, 619.) "A plea of guilty is admissible in a subsequent civil action on the independent ground that it is
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