What is the test for a de novo review of interpretation of a statute by the Superior Court?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lewis, 208 Cal.Rptr.3d 895, 4 Cal.App.5th 1085 (Cal. App. 2016):
We afford no deference to the interpretation given to the statute by the lower court, but instead apply de novo review to the interpretation of a statute. (People v. Superior Court (Cervantes ) (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 1007, 1013, 171 Cal.Rptr.3d 86.)
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