Mitigation for Military Service Not Available for Some Offenders—C.A.
Div. Four of the First District Court of Appeal has held that a Penal Code section, which allows veterans to seek resentencing relief if a service-induced traumatic injury or substance abuse problem was not taken into account as a mitigating factor during the original sentencing hearing, does not apply if the defendant’s crime is a so-called “super-strike” offense.
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