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Criminal

Mar. 26, 2016

DAs fire back at Brown's Supreme Court appeal

District attorneys argue Brown's sentencing reform measure is unlikely to gather the needed signatures to place it on the November ballot, rendering the appeal moot.

By L.J. Williamson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Lawyers for the California District Attorneys Association have filed a response to Gov. Jerry Brown's emergency appeal to the state Supreme Court, arguing that Brown's sentencing reform measure is unlikely to gather the needed signatures to place it on the November ballot, rendering the appeal moot.

Brown's sentencing reform measure would require a judge to review dec...

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