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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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Article I, section 17 of the California Constitution commands that "excessive fines" not be imposed. In my view those two words justify reversal of the judgment here. There is ample reason for concluding that the constitutional prohibition covers civil as well as criminal fines.