Criminal
Jun. 4, 2016
Senate bill gives jurors more say in sentencing
A bill that would require aggravating facts to be presented to a jury and proven beyond a reasonable doubt before they can be used to lengthen a sentence has passed the Senate floor and now heads to the Assembly.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A bill that would require aggravating facts to be presented to a jury and proven beyond a reasonable doubt before they can be used to lengthen a sentence has passed the Senate floor and now heads to the Assembly.
The bill, SB 1202, is part of an effort to bring the state into alignment with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. California, 549 U.S. 270 (2007), which held that Cali...
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