When will a judge order a supplemental probation report for a convicted murderer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Guzman, B260771 (Cal. App. 2015):
Here, defendant was ineligible for probation, because he was convicted of murder and he had a prior felony. ( 1203, subd. (e)(5); see People v. Dobbins, supra,
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127 Cal.App.4th at p. 180.) Whether to order a supplemental probation report, therefore, was discretionary.
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