People v. Farwell

*298 Defendant, Randolph Farwell, entered a stipulation through his counsel that admitted all of the elements of a charged crime, making it tantamount to a guilty plea. The question is how to assess the validity of the *436 stipulation when Farwell was neither advised of, nor expressly waived, his privilege against self-incrimination, or his rights to jury trial and confrontation. People v. Howard (1992) Cal.4th 1132 , 5 Cal.Rptr.2d 268 , 824 P.2d 1315 ( Howard ) held that a plea is valid notwithstanding the lack of express advisements and waivers "if the record affirmatively shows that it is…