California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Perez, 2d Crim. No. B261268 (Cal. App. 2016):
A defendant may challenge an accusatory pleading by a demurrer filed pursuant to section 1004. We exercise our independent judgment in review of the trial court's order overruling a defendant's demurrer. (People v. Osorio (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 1408, 1412 [demurrer raises only issues of law and is reviewed de novo].)
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