Criminal,
California Supreme Court
Feb. 2, 2018
State high court affirms retroactive ban on direct filing of juvenile cases in adult court
The court affirmed unanimously that Proposition 57, could be applied retroactively to cases in progress when the initiative was passed.
California Supreme Court Justice Ming Chin
The state Supreme Court affirmed unanimously Thursday that Proposition 57, which eliminated direct filing of juvenile delinquency cases in adult court, could be applied retroactively to cases in progress when the initiative passed.
Central to the court's reasoning was its previous ruling in In re: Estrada (1965) 63 Cal.2d 740, which held that a statute that reduced the punishment for a crime applied retroactively to any case...
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