What is the difference between serious bodily injury and great bodily injury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Demartile, C085658 (Cal. App. 2019):
5. For purposes of whether a conviction constitutes a serious felony under section 1192.7, subdivision (c)(8), courts have held no distinction exists between "serious bodily injury" and "great bodily injury." (See, e.g., People v. Johnson (2016) 244 Cal.App.4th 384, 396.)
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