Brosnahan v. Brown

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

We consider multiple constitutional challenges to an initiative measure which was adopted by the voters of this state at the June 1982 Primary Election. Designated on the ballot as Proposition 8 and commonly known as “The Victims’ Bill of Rights,” this initiative incorporated several constitutional and statutory provisions which were directed, in the words of the measure’s preamble, towards “ensuring a bill of rights for victims of crime, including safeguards in the criminal justice system to fully protect those rights .. .. ” (Cal. Const., art. I, § 28, subd. (a).)

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