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California Courts of Appeal

Jul. 28, 2015

Juvenile offenders should have felony sentences reduced under new law, court rules

Nonviolent juvenile offenders get the same benefits as adults from last year's Proposition 47, a state appellate panel ruled on Friday.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Nonviolent juvenile offenders get the same benefits as adults from last year's Proposition
47, a state appellate panel ruled on Friday.


The closely-watched decision out of the 4th District Court of Appeal could affect
hundreds of youths around California who faced possible judicial refusal to reclassify
their cases ...

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