California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Serrato, 109 Cal.Rptr. 65, 512 P.2d 289, 9 Cal.3d 753 (Cal. 1973):
The distinction is not a difference in power, but in the circumstances under which it will be exercised. Thus in People v. Thomas (1945), 25 Cal.2d 880 at pages 904--905, 156 P.2d 7 at page 20, this court said of the effect of subdivision 6:
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