People v. Lloyd

Opinion

MOSK, J.

We granted review to address issues, which continue to trouble the appellate courts, concerning the circumstances under which a defendant may take an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered on a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.

I

On September 19, 1994, appellant James Lloyd robbed Sybil Ferguson of about $73 at knife point as she was working in a store in San Pedro selling saltwater taffy. He immediately fled. He was soon arrested without incident.

*661By information filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the People charged Lloyd with robbery (Pen. Code, § 211) of…