People v. Cruz
California Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CLARK, J.
Defendant appeals from a municipal court judgment entered following his plea of guilty to misdemeanor possession of marijuana. (Former Health & Saf. Code, § 11530; Pen. Code, § 17, subd. (b)(4).) We affirm the judgment.
Because defendant was not represented by counsel when entering his plea, the court advised him of — and found he knowingly and intelligently waived — his constitutional right to counsel and the constitutional rights relinquished by the guilty plea: the privilege against self-incrimination and the rights of confrontation and jury trial. (See Boykin v. Alabama…
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