Supreme Court of California

When, immediately after a jury verdict of guilty, a defendant admits a prior conviction after being advised of and waiving only the right to trial, the admission can be voluntary and intelligent even though the defendant did not expressly waive the concomitant rights to remain silent and to confront adverse witnesses.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2004
• Published 07/08/2004

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Elizabeth Campbell, Sacramento, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Steven A. Torres, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Stan A. Cross and Susan J. Orton, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.