Constitutional Law
Feb. 23, 2006
Supreme Court Puts Sentencing In California on Shaky Ground
WASHINGTON - Criminal sentencing in California was thrown into a state of uncertainty Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide the constitutionality of the state's determinant sentencing law, a move that could ultimately force the state to overhaul its three-tiered sentencing system.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Criminal sentencing in California was thrown into a state of uncertainty Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide the constitutionality of the state's determinant sentencing law, a move that could ultimately force the state to overhaul its three-tiered sentencing system.
In taking the case, the justices will deci...
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