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PEOPLE v. PALMER

No. S204409.

58 Cal.4th 110 (2013)

164 Cal. Rptr. 3d 841

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID EDWARD PALMER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 5, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean M. Marinovich , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan , Stan Helfman , Jeffrey M. Laurence and Alisha M. Carlile , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WERDEGAR, J. —

When a trial court takes a conditional plea of guilty or nolo contendere (hereafter no contest) to an accusatory pleading charging a felony, under Penal Code section 1192.51 it must "cause an inquiry to be made of the defendant to satisfy itself that the plea is freely and voluntarily made, and that there is a factual basis for the plea." "`The purpose of the requirement,'" we have said...

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