California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Orihuela, 122 Cal.App.4th 70, 18 Cal.Rptr.3d 427 (Cal. App. 2004):
`the stigma of a criminal record.' [Citations.]" (People v. Ormiston (2003) 105 Cal.App.4th 676, 690, 129 Cal.Rptr.2d 567.) As a consequence, "[d]iversion . . . does not constitute a special custodial status or other form of release of the defendant
[18 Cal.Rptr.3d 430]
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