U.S. Supreme Court
May 22, 2012
Court mulls taking juvenile three-strikes case
The U.S. Supreme could announce if it will zero in on a California high court decision making serious juvenile offenses a strike under the state's three-strikes sentencing law.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - When DeShaun Staunton was still a minor, a California juvenile court found him responsible for robbing an ice cream vendor of $117. That offense came back to haunt him years later as an adult, when a judge cited it as a reason to double his prison sentence for a burglary conviction.
The U.S. Supreme Court could announce Monday whether it will hear Staunton's challenge to that penalt...
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