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PEOPLE v. NEWMAN

No. S072560.

87 Cal.Rptr.2d 474 (1999)

981 P.2d 98

21 Cal.4th 413

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. William NEWMAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy J. Dressner, La Crescenta, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, John R. Gorey, Susan D. Martynec and Russell A. Lehman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

GEORGE, C.J.

This case presents the question whether, in a prosecution for possession of a firearm by a felon (Pen.Code, § 12021, subd. (a)), a defendant must be advised of and waive certain rights set forth in Boykin v. Alabama (1969) 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274, In re Tahl (1969) 1 Cal.3d 122, 81 Cal.Rptr. 577,

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