Criminal,
Government
Dec. 25, 2001
Washout Question
Voter-approved initiatives often are tied up in the courts for years before anyone can make any sense of them. Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act approved last year, may prove to be no different in this regard.
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Alex Ricciardulli
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Appellate
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1987
Voter-approved initiatives often are tied up in the courts for years before anyone can make any sense of them. Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act approved last year, may prove to be no different in this regard.
In 1982, Proposition 8, "The Victims' Bill of Rights" initiative, greatly limited the ability to suppress evidence due to unreasonable searches and seizures. Well over 1000 appellate opinions have tried to figure out what it really meant.
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