Legal Opinion
In Re Kapperman
California Supreme Court
Decided May 23, 1974No. Crim. 17006PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BURKE, J.
In this case we review the constitutionality of Penal Code section 2900.5 1 which gives credit to persons convicted of felony offenses for time served in custody prior to the commencement of their prison sentence. Subdivision (c) of section 2900.5 makes the credit prospective only, limiting the application of the section to those persons who are delivered into the custody of the Director of Corrections on or after March 4, 1972, the effective date of the section. We have concluded that this limitation violates article I, sections 11 and 21, of the California Constitution and…
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