California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Warner, 143 Cal.Rptr. 885, 20 Cal.3d 678, 574 P.2d 1237 (Cal. 1978):
3 Because the prior convictions were not formally charged and proven the court was not required to find this to be an "unusual case" within the meaning of former subdivisions (d) and (e) (now subd. (d)) of section 1203 in order to place defendant on probation. (People v. Lo Cicero (1969) 71 Cal.2d 1186, 80 Cal.Rptr. 913, 459 P.2d 241.)
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