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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 789

Citation
Section 789
Parent Document
Hale v. Morgan, 584 P.2d 512 (1978)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1978-09-28

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Defendant contends alternatively that the penalty herein imposed violates the due process clauses of the federal and state Constitutions. For reasons which we hereafter develop, we agree that section 789.3 permits the assessment of arbitrary, excessive and unreasonable penalties and that *398 the penalty sustained by defendant in this case exceeded constitutional limits.