California Supreme Court
May 21, 2015
State Supreme Court taking closer look at judges' handling of defendants' rights
A state Supreme Court's decision this week to void a criminal sentence could be the latest installment in a broader trend of the justices calling for closer scrutiny of defendants' procedural guarantees.




Daily Journal Staff Writer
In a Sacramento courtroom in 2011, assistant public defender Alicia D. Hartley conceded
that her client, a domestic violence defendant, had a prior conviction for the same
crime.
Superior Court Judge Greta Curtis Fall accepted the stipulation without warning defendant
Joshua Cross he was entitled to challenge the prior....
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