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Initially, upon the creation of Solano County Superior Court in 1884, there was only one superior court judge. [23] Beginning in 1943 (Stats. 1943, ch. 628), the number of judges began to steadily increase. [24] By 1985, California law at the time allowed for Solano County to have 5 superior court judges and 3 municipal court judges.
Location of Vacaville within Solano County, and location of Solano County within California. The California State Prison at Solano opened in August 1984. [9] SOL was overseen by the warden of California Medical Facility until January 1992, when a separate warden was assigned. [10] By 1998, SOL was so crowded that "emergency triple bunks" were ...
The Solano Superior Court, which covers the entire county, is not a County department but a division of the State's trial court system. Historically, the courthouses were county-owned buildings that were maintained at county expense, which created significant friction since the trial court judges, as officials of the state government, had to ...
Todd Thomas was none too pleased when Fresno County Superior Court Judge Adolfo Corona gave his daughter's abuser a no-jail sentence in 2017.. Thomas had begged Corona to give a prison sentence to ...
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
Finally, courts make their decisions as to whether to imprison the convict or to assign him or her probation. If a court decides to grant a person probation, they must then determine how to impose the sentence based on the seriousness of the crime, recidivism, the circumstances of the convict, and the recommendations from the corrections officials.
Probation or supervised release is considered custody for purposes of federal habeas corpus law, and therefore can be challenged under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Probation officers are entitled to qualified immunity from probationers' due process claims because probationers cannot claim a property interest in the statutory procedural protections. [194]
On March 4, 1925, President Calvin Coolidge, a former Governor of Massachusetts and very familiar with the benefits of a functioning probation system, signed the bill in to law. This Act gave the U.S. Courts the power to appoint Federal Probation Officers and authority to sentence defendants to probation instead of a prison sentence.