Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

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if u are sentenced with three strikes and are incarcerated for five years is there anyway u can have some strikes taken off


Asked on 5/10/07, 9:25 pm

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Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

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Your question isn't clear. A three-strikes sentence would be at least twenty-five years, not five.

If you mean that the defendant has already served the first five years of his three-strike sentence then there is probably nothing he can do. I can imagine circumstances in which a habeas corpus petition might accomplish this, but such circumstances are uncommon.

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Answered on 5/10/07, 9:29 pm
Daniel J. Mangan III JuryTrialJustice

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HMMM..not likely at all, theoretically a habeas might lie, very, very difficult. Limited issues even if a habeas petition would be available. Not enough info here for any opinion at all.

DJM

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Answered on 5/10/07, 9:56 pm


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