Appellate Practice
Oct. 28, 2000
Hour to Hour We Rot and Rot, and Thereby Hangs a Tail
The law, like baseball, is a game of inches and tradition. In the case of Robert Earl Olmsted, it was just 1/32 of an inch and the minutiae of legislative history that saved the Sacramento man from a sentence of 256 years to life in state prison.
The law, like baseball, is a game of inches and tradition. In the case of Robert Earl Olmsted, it was just 1/32 of an inch and the minutiae of legislative history that saved the Sacramento man from a sentence of 256 years to life in state prison.
Instead, thanks to dart tail fins that measured just under statutory length and the perhaps accidental excision of the word 'approximat...
Instead, thanks to dart tail fins that measured just under statutory length and the perhaps accidental excision of the word 'approximat...
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