Section 18 Of Preliminary Provisions From California Penal Code
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. (a) Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed
by any law of this state, every offense declared to be a felony is
punishable by imprisonment for 16 months, or two or three years in
the state prison unless the offense is punishable pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
(b) Every offense which is prescribed by any law of the state to
be a felony punishable by imprisonment or by a fine, but without an
alternate sentence to the county jail for a period not exceeding one
year, may be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not
exceeding one year or by a fine, or by both.