Does the Attorney General have any grounds to argue that the phrase "as used throughout this Code" is ambiguous?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Valdez, 201 Cal.Rptr.3d 569, 246 Cal.App.4th 1410 (Cal. App. 2016):

Here, the Attorney General concedes that point, eschewing any claim that the phrase "as used throughout this Code" is ambiguous. Instead, she asserts the phrase is the product of a drafting errorin other words, the electorate did not actually mean to use those words. In doing so, however, the Attorney General relies extensively on People v. Lopez, review granted (2015) 189 Cal.Rptr.3d 823, 352 P.3d 391 (Lopez ), and does so despite explicitly acknowledging that review had been granted in the case and that opinion superseded. This is wholly improper (Cal. Rules of Court, rules 8.1115, 8.1105(e)(1) ) would justify our disregarding the argument.

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