What is the applicable sentence for a defendant convicted of an attempted murder on a police officer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jackson, A158935 (Cal. App. 2021):
Defendant has failed to demonstrate the sentence imposed by the trial court here is unlawful. Attempted murder on a police officer is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of life with the possibility of parole. ( 664, subd. (e).) The minimum parole ineligibility period is seven years. ( 3046. subd. (a)(1); People v. Jefferson (1999) 21 Cal.4th 86, 96 (Jefferson).)
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