What is the procedure used by the California Court to review a sentence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Ciwensa-Salguero, 990 F.2d 1261 (9th Cir. 1993):
The legality of a sentence is reviewed de novo. United States v. Hahn, 960 F.2d 903, 907 (9th Cir.1992). Because the procedure used by the California court to impose the conviction and subsequent sentence are important to the outcome of this appeal, we will review the sequence of events in some detail.
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