Can a trial court's failure to list other crimes relating to factor (b) in the calculation of violence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Beck, 256 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 453 P.3d 1038, 8 Cal.5th 548 (Cal. 2019):
violence. ( People v. Mitcham (1992) 1 Cal.4th 1027, 1075, 5 Cal.Rptr.2d 230, 824 P.2d 1277.) "Therefore, the trial courts failure to list the other crimes relating to factor (b) could not have affected the verdict." ( Ibid . )
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