Legal Opinion
People v. Neely
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 13, 2009No. B204851PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PERREN, J.
“Do the crime, do the time,” is a bedrock principle of criminal law; straightforward, simple, and concise. A defendant should know the consequences likely to flow from committing a crime. Likewise, the prosecutor, defense counsel and sentencing judge should know the length of the sentence and the rules for its determination. But, often they do not.
For over 30 years, opinions of the California Courts of Appeal have commented on the frustrating and needless complexity of the determinate sentencing law (DSL). Reversals and remands for resentencing resulting from the…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- People v. ScottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
- People v. AlvarezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
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3Cited by41 opinions
- People v. GalvezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
- People v. RodriguezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2012
- People v. NilssonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
- People v. DeeganCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
- People v. HarbisonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2014
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