How have courts interpreted sentencing law in sentencing cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Galvan, 187 Cal.App.3d 1205, 232 Cal.Rptr. 410 (Cal. App. 1986):
9 People v. Burns, supra, 158 Cal.App.3d 1178, 1182, 205 Cal.Rptr. 356, and footnote 4 characterizes In re Adams, supra, 14 Cal.3d 629, 122 Cal.Rptr. 73, as a pre-determinate sentencing law case.
10 On this point the trial court stated:
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