What is the test for invalidating a misdemeanor conviction predicated upon a guilty plea?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Wright, 158 Cal.Rptr. 275, 96 Cal.App.3d Supp. 17 (Cal. Super. 1979):

Since 1973, a misdemeanor conviction, predicated upon a guilty plea, is invalid unless the record explicitly reveals that before the plea was entered, the defendant was made aware of his privilege against self-incrimination, his right to confrontation, and his right to a jury trial, and that he knowingly and intelligently waived each of those rights. (Mills v. Municipal Court (1975), 10 Cal.3d 288, 110 Cal.Rptr. 329, 515 P.2d 273.)

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