Can a criminal defendant waive the right to appeal the denial of a motion to suppress evidence as part of a plea bargain?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Nguyen, 13 Cal.App.4th 114, 16 Cal.Rptr.2d 490 (Cal. App. 1993):
We held in People v. Castrillon (1991) 227 Cal.App.3d 718, 278 Cal.Rptr. 121 that a criminal defendant could waive the right to appeal the denial of a motion to suppress evidence as part of a plea bargain, provided it was done voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently. (Id. at pp. 721-722, 278 Cal.Rptr. 121.) There is no
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