California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Edwards, A156474 (Cal. App. 2019):
Although defendant argues the homicide was unintentional, and he did not kill the victim during the course of a robbery, we will not review the merits of this argument because by entering a plea of no contest, defendant admitted the sufficiency of the evidence establishing the crime of murder. As a result, he is not entitled to review of any issue that goes to the question of his guilt or innocence. (People v. Hunter (2002) 100 Cal.App.4th 37, 42.) Defendant has not filed a certificate of probable cause, and without that certificate, defendant cannot contest the validity of his plea; the only issues, therefore, cognizable on appeal are issues relating to the validity of a denial of a motion
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