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California Appeals Attorneys Gets Three Strikes Felony Sentence Reversed

By Walin & Klarich

Federal Court of Appeal reverses 28 years to life sentence based upon three strikes felony law, proving you should never stop fighting your conviction of sentence by hiring an experienced California criminal appeals attorney The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a 28 year to life sentence that was handed down to a California man who failed to register as a sex offender. The Court of Appeal in Gonzales vs. Dunan, 2008 DJ DAR 18915 held that it was a violation of the 8th Amendment of our United States Constitution as ?cruel and unusual punishment? to impose this type of prison sentence under the facts of this case. What makes this decision so important is that after the defendant was found guilty of failure to register as a sex offender per Penal Code Section 290 the trial court sentenced him to 28 years to life in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).