A typical felony statute delineates the utmost sentence for the underlying offense. In James v. Powell, the Court docket of Appeals held that when a defendant’s reply is stricken as a penalty for non disclosure, an appeal should still be taken from the ultimate judgment, regardless of CPLR 5701 ‘s provision that no appeal lies from a default.
Despite this fiscal, constitutional, and humanitarian disaster, Gov. Doug Ducey signed precisely one felony justice reform invoice into law this 12 months. State Bill 1310 will scale back jail sentences for people serving time for simple drug possession who have not been previously convicted of a violent or aggravated felony, but provided that they have successfully completed a drug treatment or self-enchancment program whereas in the Arizona Division of Corrections. This is the very, very large catch: AZDOC doesn’t presently present the sort of programing, and Arizona’s elected prosecutors successfully fought off …
