by Denis Honeychurch | Dec 19, 2017 | Felonies, Misdemeanors, Three Strikes
Bail is the means the Court uses to ensure a defendant shows up in Court. Basically, by setting a “price” for the defendant to be released from custody of the jail on bail, the defendant has something at stake – money – that can be lost if he...
by Denis Honeychurch | Dec 6, 2017 | Felonies, Three Strikes
Strikes are included in Penal Code section 1192.7(c) (“Serious Felonies”) and Penal Code section 667.5(c) (“Violent Felonies”). [See Cal. Penal Code § 1170.12(c)(2)]. As mentioned on this website, under California’s Three Strikes Law, an offender can face up to 25...
by Denis Honeychurch | Dec 4, 2017 | Felonies, Misdemeanors, Three Strikes
If you are sentenced to State Prison, County Jail, or County Jail as a condition of probation, you are ordinarily entitled to “half-time” credits, unless you committed a violent felony (a type of “strike” offense) requiring you to serve the...
by Denis Honeychurch | Nov 16, 2017 | Felonies, Juvenile
Changes Created by Prop. 57 in Charging Minors as Adults Proposition 57 was the second major change to juvenile transfer hearings within a year that evidences a new rehabilitative focus in which the transfer criteria are viewed in light of the...