Criminal
Oct. 8, 2026
Justices question 'absurd consequences' argument for resentencing
California Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant to extend a resentencing law to attempted manslaughter, despite arguments that excluding the crime produces an irrational result by denying relief available to defendants convicted of more serious offenses.
The state Supreme Court considered arguments Wednesday about whether the "absurd consequences" doctrine should allow a convicted criminal, who is still serving prison time after being convicted of attempted manslaughter in a 2001 home invasion robbery as a teenager, to be resentenced.
A 4th District Court of Appeal panel ruled that Phuoc Thien Luu's 26-year sentence was "unintended, unjust, and absurd" based on a subsequent law that allowed him to be resent...
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