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JAABLOG'S ONCE UPON A TIME: MEMOS, SCRIPTS & LOE

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All kinds of wacky stuff is ending up in our mailbox and ears these days. Check out this memo from Michael J. Satz to all ASAs, dated October 1, 1998. It's titled "New Office Policies under the Criminal Punishment Code," and was sent out after the last round of major changes to the scoring system. If you read this one literally, it seems to say that ASAs have absolutely no discretion on any cases where a defendant scores mandatory prison time. Supervisory approval must be obtained prior to any deviations from the terms of the memo. For instance:"2. For level 7 offenses (second degree felonies and higher) that after subtracting 28 points scores less than 60 months in state prison, any plea offer below 5 years FSP requires supervisory approval...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).

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