Is a probation officer's report regarding post-conviction conduct relevant to the sentence of a convicted criminal?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Toyota of Visalia, Inc. v. New Motor Vehicle Bd., 188 Cal.App.3d 872, 233 Cal.Rptr. 708 (Cal. App. 1987):
In the field of criminal law it is well established that evidence concerning an individual's post-conviction conduct is relevant to his sentence and that updated information should be obtained when resentencing occurs long after the original probation officer's report was obtained. (People v.
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