Criminal
Mar. 6, 2009
Appellate Court Upholds Teenager's Murder Sentence of Two 25-to-Life Terms
The 4th District Court of Appeals in Santa Ana let stand a double sentence of 25-year-to life for a fifteen year old convicted gang member. His attorney and a dissenting judge argue it is cruel and unusual punishment.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - A teenager should serve two consecutive 25-to-life sentences for his role in a murder, though he did not pull the trigger, a divided appellate panel has ruled. In an opinion published late Tuesday, two 4th District Court of Appeal justices concluded that Richman Em, a member of a Cambodian street gang who was present at a fatal 2006 shooting, is not being subjected to a cruel and unusual senten...
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