Sentence Enhancement – Attempted Murder of Police Officers and Firefighters, 26 Pac. L.J. 426 (1995)
Decio Rangel Jr.
Under prior law, attempted
murder of a peace officer or firefighter in the first degree received a punishment of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. However, murder in the second degree, was punishable by a prison term of five, seven, or nine years.
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