What is the effect of a new section of the California Criminal Code which prohibits a defendant from serving consecutive sentences?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wills, G053825 (Cal. App. 2017):
This result fully comports with the intent of the statute, which, as stated above, is to avoid the inadvertent imposition of consecutive sentences. (People v. Murray, supra, 155 Cal.App.4th at p. 157.) Since the trial court dismissed appellant's probation violation, there was no danger of appellant having to serve back-to-back prison terms.
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