If you are charged with a crime and the charge says you have been convicted before, you do not have to say yes or no to that part of the charge. You only have to answer the rest of the charge, unless you want to say you are guilty of the whole thing. The law about this is similar to what it was in the past, as seen in the Criminal Justice Act 1986.
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If a charge contains an allegation that the defendant has been previously convicted, the defendant is not required to plead to that allegation, unless he or she pleads guilty to the rest of the charge.
