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California Court of Appeal: SB 136 Makes Plea Agreement Containing Prior Prison Enhancement Unenforceable
by Douglas Ankney
Division Five of the First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal held that Senate Bill No. 136 (“SB 136”) made unenforceable a plea agreement that contained a one-year prior prison enhancement.
Jeffrey Allan Joaquin was charged with: (I) premeditated attempted murder with an allegation that ...
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- Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Challenging Idaho’s Sex Offender Registration Law, by Douglas Ankney
- Column: Raising Successful Federal Habeas Corpus Claims, by Dale Chappell
- Tenth Circuit Vacates Enhancement for Prior Crime of Violence Because it Wasn’t Independently Eligible to Receive Criminal History Points, by Anthony Accurso
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- Fifth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity When Police Fatally Beat Unresisting Man Suffering Mental Health Crisis, by Matthew Clarke
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- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Witness Testifying Remotely Via Two-Way Video Without Sufficient Reason Violates Confrontation Clause, by Douglas Ankney
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- Indiana Supreme Court: Speedy Trial Right Violated After 6.5 Years Without Retrial, by Anthony Accurso
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