What is the effect of amendments to the Criminal Code Act in the context of cross-references to other sections of the Penal Code?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Newman, 188 Cal.Rptr.3d 910, 238 Cal.App.4th 103 (Cal. App. 2015):
6 The statute was later amended as part of the transition to the Determinate Sentence Act. As a result of those amendments, the original second sentence of the statute which contained cross-references to other Penal Code sections [was deleted]. (Stats.1976, ch. 1139, 264, p. 5137; Stats.1977, ch. 165, 11, p. 644.) (People v. Latimer (1993) 5 Cal.4th 1203, 1207, fn. 1, 23 Cal.Rptr.2d 144, 858 P.2d 611.) These amendments are not relevant to the present appeal.
6 The statute was later amended as part of the transition to the Determinate Sentence Act. As a result of those amendments, the original second sentence of the statute which contained cross-references to other Penal Code sections [was deleted]. (Stats.1976, ch. 1139, 264, p. 5137; Stats.1977, ch. 165, 11, p. 644.) (People v. Latimer (1993) 5 Cal.4th 1203, 1207, fn. 1, 23 Cal.Rptr.2d 144, 858 P.2d 611.) These amendments are not relevant to the present appeal.
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