BILL NUMBER: AB 1343	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Thurmond

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act relating to criminal procedure.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1343, as introduced, Thurmond. Criminal procedure: defense
counsel.
   Existing law requires the court in a noncapital case, if the
defendant appears for arraignment without counsel, to inform the
defendant that it is his or her right to have counsel before being
arraigned and to ask the defendant if he or she desires the
assistance of counsel. If the defendant desires and is unable to
employ counsel, the court is required to assign counsel to defend him
or her as provided.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that requires defense counsel in California to comply
with Padilla v. Kentucky (2010) 559 U.S. 356.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that requires defense counsel in California to comply
with Padilla v. Kentucky (2010) 559 U.S. 356.