Does a defendant have a right to a bifurcated trial on the issue of prior convictions?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Poole, 168 Cal.App.3d 516, 214 Cal.Rptr. 502 (Cal. App. 1985):
2 Further, we conclude no sua sponte advisal concerning the right to a bifurcated trial on the issue of the validity of prior convictions is by any authority required at the time of accepting a guilty plea nor before or at the time of sentencing following a guilty plea. (See People v. Bracamonte (1981) 119 Cal.App.3d 644, 174 Cal.Rptr. 191.)
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