Thursday, March 23, 2006

California felony sentencing being reviewed in Supreme Court.

The US Supreme Court agreed to accept review of People v. Black the California Supreme Court case that upheld California's determinate sentencing scheme against a Blakely challenge.

Very soon we will know what all those California courts that are requiring Blakely waivers, already know: that California's scheme which allows a judge to aggravate a sentence is unconstitutional.

see summary of recent developments in People v. Black click below:

http://www.fdap.org/blakely4.html


Chip Venie is a private criminal defense attorney in San Diego, California. He is admitted to practice before state and federal courts in California, Washington, D.C., and Michigan. Mr. Venie graduated from The University of Virginia School of Law and clerked as a staff Attorney to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Venie has litigated over 700 trial level felony matters and over 150 appeals. Mr. Venie can be reached at (619) 235-8300, or chipesq@hotmail.com.