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Filed 4/24/25

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, G063066

v. (Super. Ct. No. 01WF1559)

PHUOC THIEN LUU, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Robert A. Knox, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions. Elisabeth R. Cannon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher P. Beesley and Michael D. Butera, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

* * * Courts generally follow the plain language of a statute unless that interpretation would be inconsistent with legislative intent or “‘would lead to absurd results.’” (Rodriguez v. Superior Court (2023) 15 Cal.5th 472, 513 [“‘we may reject a literal construction that is contrary to the legislative intent apparent in the statute or that would lead to absurd results’”].) In 2001, Phuoc Thien Luu was 17 years old when he participated in an…