Criminal
Aug. 26, 1999
Underarm Bandit Gets Life Despite Juror's Intercession
On first blush, Albert Tolliver would appear to be another poster child for three-strikes law reform. Tolliver on Tuesday was sentenced in Los Angeles Superior Court to 25 years to life in state prison for shoplifting 12 sticks of deodorant from a grocery store in May. People v. Tolliver , BA185491. Such a nonviolent offense, Deputy Public Defender Armando Rodriguez argued, is hardly the kind of serious crime the strikes law was designed to target.
Tolliver on Tuesday was sentenced in Los Angeles Superior Court to 25 years to life in state prison for shoplifting 12 sticks of deodorant from ...
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