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· 2/10/1890

Desmond v. Otto Faus

Citations

  • 83 Cal. 134
  • 23 P. 303
  • 1890 Cal. LEXIS 650

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • identifying, as an instance in which the plea court “explicitly informed [the defendant] of his right to trial by jury,” the court’s statement “that a trial had been scheduled for his case, and if he wished, his ‘case would be tried before a jury’ ”
  • the terms “right to remain silent” and “right against self-incrimination” are synonymous for the purpose of showing the voluntariness of a plea “if it is plain, as here, that the plea court is referring to the right to remain silent at trial”
  • the terms “right to remain silent” and “right against self-incrimination” are synonymous for the purpose of showing the voluntariness of a plea “if it is plain, as here, that the plea court is referring to the right to remain silent at trial”

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Judges: Thornton

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