Legal Opinion
In Re Ramirez
California Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 1985No. Crim. 23684PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LUCAS, J.
The issue presented is whether a new statutory plan for awarding sentence reduction credits may be applied, without violation of the ex post facto clauses of the California1 or federal2 Constitutions, to prisoners who committed crimes before the effective date of the new scheme. We conclude that it may.
I. Statutory Provisions
Before 1983, former Penal Code3 sections 2931 and 2932 governed the award of sentence reductions to prisoners. Under former section 2931, pris*933oners had their sentences reduced both by refraining from certain enumerated offenses and by participating in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Greenfield v. ScafatiDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1967
- In Re StanworthCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
- Scafati v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Joseph Toussaint, Plaintiffs/appellees/cross-Appellants v. Daniel McCarthy Defendants/appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Hallmark v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- In re E.J.California Supreme Court · 2010
- John L. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
- People v. EspinozaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2014
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