Litigation
Feb. 27, 2007
Prosecutors Go Own Ways on 'Cunningham'
Unwilling to relinquish their ability to target some criminal defendants with the longest prison terms possible, prosecutors across California are fashioning workarounds to January's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared the state's sentencing laws unconstitutional.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Unwilling to relinquish their ability to target some criminal defendants with the longest prison terms possible, prosecutors across California are fashioning workarounds to last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared the state's sentencing laws unconstitutional.
But defense attorneys and some legal observers say that with no guidance fro...
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