1st District, Division 5 (San Francisco)
By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Justice Barbara J.R. Jones knew she was bucking the trend when she wrote a dissent declaring portions of California's determinate sentencing laws unconstitutional. Almost every other appellate judge that had weighed in disagreed with Jones, as did the California Supreme Court when it ruled on the issue a year later. But then the U.S. Supreme Court took up the question, and sided with Jones, even citin... (continued)
