What are the consequences of a court's decision to reinstate probation or sentence a defendant to prison for abuse of discretion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ucci, B289352 (Cal. App. 2019):
We review a trial court's decision to reinstate probation or sentence a defendant to prison for abuse of discretion. (People v. Downey (2000) 82 Cal.App.4th 899, 909.) While Ucci now claims he did not violate the conditions of his probation, at the probation violation hearing he expressly admitted violating those conditions by failing to report. He confirmed he
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