Legal Opinion
People v. Paradise
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 17, 1980No. Crim. 4788PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (G. A.), P. J.
Appellant seeks reversal of an order of the Municipal Court for the West Kern Judicial District following affirmance by the Appellate Department of the Superior Court, County of Kern, and certification to this court for "review pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 62(a) and 63.
The issue is whether before accepting a guilty plea to a misdemeanor a trial court must expressly advise a defendant who appears without counsel of the dangers and risks of self-representation, We hold that such advisement need not appear of record so long as the record as a whole…
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