E.G., a minor below the age of 16, was originally tried and convicted as an adult for murder. Citing the passage of Senate Bill No. 1391, which prohibits transferring minors under 16 to adult criminal court, California criminal defense attorney Ken Rosenfeld of The Rosenfeld Law Firm got E.G.'s case transferred to juvenile court for his disposition. Later asserting that his client had served his baseline term of seven years, Rosenfeld secured E.G.'s release into a probation program.
STOCKTON,Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Rosenfeld Law Firm announces that a juvenile client originally convicted of adult murder charges (Case# CR-2015-5572) and later transferred to juvenile court for his disposition has been released into a probation program, thanks to the efforts of California criminal defense attorney Ken Rosenfeld.
According to the September 3, 2021, court documents filed with the San Joaquin County Superior Court, E.G. was 15 years old when he was apprehended for murder. Charges were subsequently filed against him by the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office. Prior to E.G.'s trial, Proposition 57, which requires cases involving minors to begin in juvenile court, passed in the general election, and E.G. was sent for a transfer hearing in juvenile court. Finding that the case should be transferred back to adult court, the juvenile court judge returned E.G. to adult court, where he was tried and convicted of murder. Prior to E.G.'s sentencing, the Supreme Court of California upheld an amendment to Proposition 57 that previously had been challenged as unconstitutional by the district attorney's office—Senate Bill No. 1391, which disallows the transfer of juveniles under the age of 16 to adult court.
Intervening on behalf of his client, Juvenile Defense Attorney Rosenfeld convinced the court that E.G. had been a youthful offender at the time he was apprehended and should therefore be transferred back to the juvenile court for a disposition in line with his constitutional rights. According to December 17, 2021, San Joaquin Juvenile Court documents, in a subsequent rehabilitation plan hearing Rosenfeld put forth that his client had satisfied his baseline term of seven years served. E.G. was consequently released on probation.
"We are so pleased—this is an incredible result," said Rosenfeld. "Our client was charged with murder and looking a life in prison. With our representation, he is home."
About The Rosenfeld Law Firm
With offices in Sacramento, San Jose, and Palm Springs, The Rosenfeld Law Firm provides an aggressive defense of a wide range of high-profile criminal defense cases. California criminal defense attorney Ken Rosenfeld defends such cases as first-degree murder and sex offense cases, and also provides DUI defense. In addition to mental health criminal defense, The Rosenfeld Law Firm also practices federal criminal defense and juvenile defense, as well as appellate law and prison law. As a skilled criminal law commentator, Rosenfeld makes regular appearances on KTXL TV and FOX40's Ask An Attorney. Rosenfeld was named 2020 Litigator of the Year by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers. For more information, please contact Ken Rosenfeld directly at (916) 447-2070, or visit http://www.therosenfeldlawfirm.com.
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