Is a full sentence in county jail for a charge of possession of a small amount of cannabis punishable by the same amount of time as a felony sentence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Talley, B304017 (Cal. App. 2021):
[3] As Talley implicitly acknowledges, the court was authorized to impose full consecutive sentences in county jail for each misdemeanor offense; a misdemeanor sentence is distinctly different from a felony sentence. (See People v. Brown (2016) 247 Cal.App.4th 1430, 1434; People v. Erdelen (1996) 46 Cal.App.4th 86, 91-92.)
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