Is a defendant entitled to know the full extent of his sentence if he waives a jury trial in a plea bargain?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Clinton, A140056 (Cal. App. 2016):
sentencing." (Id. at p. 752.) "Furthermore, in many instances a defendant's decision whether to plea bargain or go to trial will turn on the extent of his exposure to a lengthy prison term." (Ibid.; see also People v. Hopkins (1974) 39 Cal.App.3d 107, 112-113, cf. id. at p. 119 [defendant "entitled to know the true [sentencing] consequences of an adverse finding on the facts before he elected to waive a jury"].)
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