What is the test for dismissing a prior conviction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Campos, 38 Cal.App.4th 1669, 45 Cal.Rptr.2d 706 (Cal. App. 1995):
Although dismissal "in furtherance of justice" has been described as an "amorphous concept," (People v. Orin (1975) 13 Cal.3d 937, 945, 120 Cal.Rptr. 65, 533 P.2d 193) no reasonable person would contend it was an abuse of discretion for the court to dismiss a defendant's prior convictions in order to
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