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California Court of Appeal Holds Defendant Suffering From ALS and Near Death Entitled to Compassionate Release

by Sam Rutherford

The California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, reversed a trial court’s refusal to grant compassionate release to a defendant diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (“ALS”) who had less than a year to live at the time of the release hearing. The Court held that the fact the ...

 

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