What is the test for compliance with section 1237.5 of the California Penal Code?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Zamora, 230 Cal.App.3d 1627, 282 Cal.Rptr. 100 (Cal. App. 1991):
Compliance with Penal Code section 1237.5 is a condition precedent to an appellate attack on the validity of a guilty plea. (People v. Pinon (1979) 96 Cal.App.3d 904, 908, fn. 2, 158 Cal.Rptr. 425.) Although the requirement of a certificate of probable cause was recently abolished by an amendment to Penal Code section 1237.5, a verified statement of grounds for appeal is still necessary. Section 1237.5 now provides in pertinent part:
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