What is the test for sentencing a defendant to a full term sentence for witness dissuasion?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Linares, B269256 (Cal. App. 2018):

enhancements applicable to that count." (People v. Woodworth (2016) 245 Cal.App.4th 1473, 1478-1479.) "This language requires the trial court to impose the full middle term of imprisonment only if a consecutive sentence is imposed. The section does not require the trial court to impose a consecutive sentence, but instead indicates that if the trial court chooses consecutive sentencing it must impose a full-term sentence for the witness dissuasion count." (Id. at p. 1479.)

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