People v. Gandy

*1290Defendant Anthony Edward Gandy appealed following his no contest plea, in which he admitted a prior strike based on three out-of-state felony convictions. Before entering his plea defendant moved to dismiss his prior convictions, which resulted from his no contest plea in 2001 to burglary and robbery charges in Oregon, on the ground they were obtained in violation of his constitutional rights under Boykin - Tahl .1 On appeal, defendant argued he did not voluntarily and intelligently waive his rights when he pleaded no contest in the Oregon proceeding, and therefore the prior convictions could *1291…