PEOPLE v. ERNST

Docket No. S030415.

8 Cal.4th 441 (1994)

881 P.2d 298

34 Cal. Rptr.2d 238

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM ERNST, Defendant and Appellant. In re WILLIAM ERNST on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

October 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael B. McPartland, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and George C. Boisseau for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama and Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorneys General, Thomas A. Brady, Stan M. Helfman, Sharon G. Birenbaum and Michael E. Banister, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GEORGE, J.

In People v. Howard (1992) 1 Cal.4th 1132 [5 Cal.Rptr. 268, 824 P.2d 1315] (Howard), we held that the defendant validly admitted having served an alleged prior prison term, despite the trial court's failure to advise him expressly of the privilege against self-incrimination, because, "considering the totality of the relevant...

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