Legal Opinion
In Re Chavez
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 5, 2004No. H025709PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PREMO, J.
The People appeal from an order of the superior court granting the petitions of Cheryl Ann Chavez and Gilbert Frank Chavez for writs of habeas corpus. Petitioners had been sentenced to prison in 1998 for, among other things, four counts of filing false tax returns. (Rev. & Tax. Code, § 19705.) At the time they were sentenced, section 19705 called for punishment in state prison for “not more than three years.” The trial court interpreted that language as calling for “indeterminate” sentencing and sentenced petitioners accordingly.
In 2001 the Legislature changed the sentencing…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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