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California: Court May Not Award Increased Presentence Conduct Credits to Categorically Disqualified Prisoners

On July 19, 2012, the California Supreme Court held that a trial court’s discretionary power to dismiss a criminal action “in furtherance of justice” pursuant to Penal Code Section 1385 did not extend so far that it could disregard the facts that categorically disqualify a prisoner held in local custody ...

 

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