The California Supreme Court on Thursday held that juvenile adjudications can be used to increase adults' criminal sentences, reversing an appellate ruling that had stunned the prosecutorial community. Justice Marvin Baxter, writing for the 6-1 court, ruled that enhancements are permissible "where the juvenile proceedings included all the constitutional protections applicable to such matters, even though these protections do not include the right to jury trial."
July 07, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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Prosecutors can wipe their brows and let loose with a collective “whew.”
The California Supreme Court on Thursday held that juvenile adjudications can be used to increase adults’ criminal sentences, reversing an appellate ruling that had stunned the prosecutorial community.
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