What is the test for a guilty plea in a civil case?

Because courts will not presume on a silent record that a defendant pleading guiltyan act that constitutes a conviction itselfknowingly and intelligently waived the right to a jury, the right of confrontation, and the right against compulsory self-incrimination, a trial court in accepting a guilty plea must expressly advise the defendant of these rights and solicit a waiver of them on the record. (In re Tahl (1969) 1 Cal.3d 122, 132-133, applying Boykin v. Alabama (1969) 395 U.S. 238, 242 [123 L.Ed.2d 274].) This process of advisement and waiver applies as well in circumstances "tantamount to a

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