Can a court correct an error that resulted in a sentence being issued to a defendant who was convicted of a lesser crime but who is convicted of the lesser crime of assault?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Streeter, B290158 (Cal. App. 2019):
As the error resulted in an unauthorized sentence, this court may correct it by ordering the lesser offense stayed. (See People v. Sanders (2012) 55 Cal.4th 731, 743, fn. 13.)
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