Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 12, 2006
Plea Bargain Pulls Three-Strikes Off the Table, High Court Rules
A sharply divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's famously tough three-strikes law doesn't apply to a man who was once convicted of attacking his girlfriend with a knife, because prosecutors cut a plea deal that reduced the offense from a serious violent felony to a lesser charge.
By Itir Yakar
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A sharply divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's famously tough three-strikes law doesn't apply to a man who was once convicted of attacking his girlfriend with a knife, because prosecutors cut a plea deal that reduced the offense from a serious violent felony to a lesser charge.
Prosecutors may not now use the man's post-t...
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A sharply divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's famously tough three-strikes law doesn't apply to a man who was once convicted of attacking his girlfriend with a knife, because prosecutors cut a plea deal that reduced the offense from a serious violent felony to a lesser charge.
Prosecutors may not now use the man's post-t...
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