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Judge Erred in Denying Franklin Hearing—C.A.

Aug 25, 2025

The Court of Appeal for this district has held that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge erred in denying a Franklin motion, which is made to preserve mitigating evidence for use years hence at a youth offender parole hearing, rejecting the rationale that the defendant could have put anything of potential value to him on the record at the time of sentencing,