guilty plea resource page
Overview Articles:
Updated: 08/18/08
Handling Guilty Plea Appeals
This article covers the problems likely to be encountered and legal issues likely to be raised when representing an appellant on appeal from a judgment following a guilty plea
Issue Spotting: Recurring Guilty Plea Issues
This article covers more recurring issues likely to be encountered when representing an appellant on appeal from a judgment following a guilty plea
Factual Basis of the Plea
Posted: 02/24/12
This 2012 updated article evaluates recent case law and the requirements of Penal Code section 1192.5.
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2008 CCAP Guilty Plea Seminar Modules:
Companion Video Presentations Now Online! 
All sessions listed below are in a collection of guilty plea MCLE videos for our online training web site eligible for participatory MCLE credit! (The use of this site is available to current appointed counsel panel members only.) Click on the blue video-camera icon to jump to this site.
Session #1 - The Notice of Appeal
This article was updated in March 2014 and may be downloaded as a PDF:
Session #2 - Certificates of Probable Cause
This article was updated in March 2014 and may be downloaded as a PDF:
Session #3 - Procedural Defaults
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Session #4 - Waiver of Rights (Boykin/Tahl)
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Sessions #5 & 6 - Factual Basis & Motions to Withdraw (Eastman)
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Session #7 - Typical Adverse Consequences
This article was updated in October 2019 and may be downloaded as a PDF:
Session #8 - Custody Credits & Fares/Clavel Motions
Because the article for the “Custody Credits & Fares/Clavel Motions” session is outdated due to a number of recent amendments to the statutes dealing with custody credits, it has been updated and may be downloaded as a PDF:
Session #9 - Restitution Orders
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Session #10 - Fines & Fees
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Sessions #11 &12 - Registration, Testing & Attorneys Fees
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Session #13 - Other Sentencing Issues (Three Strikes)
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Sessions #14 & 15 - Conditions of Probation & Probation Revocation Cases
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