Government,
California Supreme Court
Aug. 23, 2022
Supreme Court ruling on 3 strikes prompts 2 dissents
The case involved a prisoner who committed three robberies, with the first two occurring in Illinois and with no pleas nor findings by a jury that the defendant was armed.
The California Supreme Court opinion issued Monday on a petition for habeas corpus may affect how new rules and laws are retroactively applied to criminal cases, lawyers said.
The case involved a prisoner who committed three robberies, with the first two occurring in Illinois and with no pleas nor findings by a jury that the defendant was armed.
Justice Martin J. Jenkins, writing for the majority, said there wa...
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