PEOPLE v. MENDEZ

No. S066175.

81 Cal.Rptr.2d 301 (1999)

19 Cal.4th 1084

969 P.2d 146

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Trino Villa MENDEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip I. Bronson and Steven C. Bronson, under appointments by the Supreme Court, Encino, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Esteban Hernandez and Jeffrey J. Koch, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


MOSK, J.

A defendant who has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a charge in the superior court, and who seeks to take an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered thereon, may not obtain review of so-called "certificate" issues, that is, questions going to the legality of the proceedings, including the validity of his plea, unless he has complied with section 1237.5 of the Penal Code1 and the first paragraph of rule 31(d) of the California...

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