Legal Opinion

In re Robinson

California Court of Appeal, 5th District

Decided May 16, 2019No. B293216PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtHoffstadt, J.

*423In 2016, the California voters approved Proposition 66, the Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 2016. Among other things, Proposition 66 altered the procedures for collateral review of convictions resulting in a sentence of death. ( Pen. Code, §§ 1509, 1509.1.)1 This case presents a threshold question: Do Proposition 66's procedures for appealing the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from the superior court to the Court of Appeal apply to a petition originally filed with the Supreme Court prior to Proposition 66's enactment when the Supreme Court first referred part of the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. In re RenoCalifornia Supreme Court · 2012
  2. People v. RobinsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Briggs v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 2017
  4. City of Montebello v. VasquezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2016
  5. In Re HawthorneCalifornia Supreme Court · 2005

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