How has the court interpreted sentencing guidelines in sentencing cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brooks, 2 Cal.5th 674, 216 Cal.Rptr.3d 528, 393 P.3d 1 (Cal. 2017):
jury's understanding of its sentencing discretion, we have rejected claims similar to the one defendant raises here. For example, in People v. Butler, supra, 46 Cal.4th 847, 95 Cal.Rptr.3d 376, 209 P.3d 596, this court
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