What is the legal test for using the term "sentence" in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Davis, 200 Cal.Rptr.3d 642, 246 Cal.App.4th 127 (Cal. App. 2016):
People v. Villanueva (1991) 230 Cal.App.3d 1157, 1161, 281 Cal.Rptr. 688 [same].) Judicial decisions have also used the term "sentence" in this manner.5 It is therefore
[200 Cal.Rptr.3d 650]
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