California Court of Appeal

Prosecution is not required to prove, as an element of the "truth of a prior conviction," the validity of the waiver of constitutional rights at the time of the guilty plea in prior case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/02/2001
• Published 05/02/2001

Judges

• HUFFMAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Paul J. Pfingst, District Attorney, Thomas F. McArdle and Josephine A. Kiernan, Deputies District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory L. Cannon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent.