In re Tellez

Summary

The California Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Victor Tellez’s habeas claim because he did not provide sufficient objective evidence that he would have rejected his plea had he known of potential commitment under the Sexually Violent Predator Act. The court did not decide whether counsel performed deficiently by failing to provide that advice. Exercising supervisory authority, the court prospectively required trial courts to advise defendants pleading guilty or no contest to qualifying offenses about the potential for indefinite SVPA commitment.