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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. S166894.

47 Cal.4th 668 (2009)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TIMOTHY JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

November 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vicki I. Firstman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan and René A. Chacón, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

GEORGE, C. J.—

We granted review to resolve a conflict among appellate court decisions addressing the issue whether a defendant who desires to appeal from a criminal judgment on the ground that counsel rendered ineffective assistance regarding the defendant's request to withdraw a guilty or no contest plea first must obtain a certificate of probable cause. The Court of Appeal below, concluding that a certificate of probable cause...

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