Is a sentence for a defendant who has been convicted of a parole violation a "sentence" under section 669 of the California Criminal Code?
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The following excerpt is from People v. Azevedo, C083685, C083727 (Cal. App. 2017):
Returning a defendant to prison on a parole violation is not a "sentence" for purposes of consecutive sentencing under section 669. (People v. Mathews (1980) 102 Cal.App.3d 704, 713; see People v. Reed (1993) 17 Cal.App.4th 302, 307.)
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