NCJ Number
95628
Journal
University of Toledo Law Review Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Dated: (Fall 1983) Pages: 71-115
Date Published
1983
Length
45 pages
Annotation
The adoption of mandatory sentencing laws in Ohio parallels the evolution in courts of constitutional standards for measuring the ramifications of such laws. In this article, Professor Jacobs analyzes the new laws in terms of those standards and suggests where the constitutional boundary lines lay and how they can be reset.
Abstract
He deals with plea bargaining, double jeopardy, bifurcated trials, proportionate sentencing, prison overcrowding, and procedural due process in prospective revocation of good time credits. Analysis in each area turns on different standards; the areas are discussed in conjunction in the article, however, due to the significant effect the new sentencing laws cause in each of them. A total of 223 footnotes are provided. (Author abstract modified)