California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gomez, B295182 (Cal. App. 2020):
state criminal trial.' [Citation.] These include the privilege against self-incrimination, the right to trial by jury, and the right to confrontation. [Citation.] . . . A stipulation that admits all of the elements of a charged crime necessary for a conviction is tantamount to a guilty plea. [Citations.] Accordingly, the record must demonstrate that the defendant voluntarily and intelligently waived his constitutional trial rights." (People v. Farwell (2018) 5 Cal.5th 295, 299-300 (Farwell).) In other words, "the record must affirmatively demonstrate that the defendant understood the agreement effectively extinguished his trial rights." (Id. at 306.)
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