Criminal
May 28, 2016
Defense attorneys disappointed by state high court's juvenile sentencing ruling
In a challenge to a teenager's 50-year-to-life sentence, the state Supreme Court Thursday affirmed that recent shifts to state law allowing juveniles the possibility of parole after 25 years made his claim of an Eighth Amendment violation moot.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In a challenge to a teenager's 50-year-to-life sentence, the state Supreme Court Thursday affirmed that recent shifts to state law allowing juveniles the possibility of parole after 25 years made his claim of an Eighth Amendment violation moot.
The state high court also remanded the case back to the trial court to determine whether the 16-year-old defendant was given ...
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