What is the effect of the Court of Appeal's recent finding that a defendant who has pleaded guilty to a charge of perverting the course of justice in a sexual assault case has been found guilty of a similar charge in a similar case?

For these reasons, we find any fears of uncertainty in plea proceedingsand a flood of meritless motions as a consequenceare unwarranted. We are constrained to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the trial court's ruling, to uphold the trial court's inferences and resolution of factual conflicts, and to accept the trial court's determinations of credibility. (People v. Quesada, supra, 230 Cal.App.3d 525, 533.) There is nothing in the record here to show that the trial court's determinations were

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