Apr. 22, 2016
9th Circuit affirms life sentence
The panel affirmed a lower court's sentence of life imprisonment for a defendant convicted of three separate felony drug convictions, despite the defendant having a felony reclassified as a misdemeanor under Prop. 47.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An appellate panel affirmed a lower court's sentence of life imprisonment for a defendant convicted of three separate felony drug convictions, despite the defendant having successfully petitioned to have one of the felonies reclassified as a misdemeanor subsequent the adoption of Proposition 47.
In 2010 Jesse Vasquez was sentenced to life imprisonment following his third federal conviction...
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