What is the legal test for signing a Defendant's Attorney's Affidavit on a charge of aggravated robbery?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Jimenez, E066754 (Cal. App. 2017):

Defendant's attorney signed the declaration reflecting the attorney "personally read and explained the contents of the . . . declaration to the defendant . . . ." The court signed the declaration reflecting it found defendant understood the consequences of his plea. (People v. Araujo (2016) 243 Cal.App.4th 759, 762 [the 1016.5 advisement can be in writing].) The court indicated that its practice was to advise defendants of the potential immigration consequences of a plea in all cases and the certainty of immigration consequences in robbery cases. (See People v. Dubon (2001) 90 Cal.App.4th 944, 955

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