Legal Opinion
People v. Andrews
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 23, 1998No. D029674PublishedCited by 5 opinions
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.
This case presents the question of whether a defendant may claim a denial of equal protection because the district attorney of the county in which the prosecution occurs complies-more strictly with the three strikes law (Pen. Code, 1 § 667, subds. (b)-(i)) than would be the case in the City and County of San Francisco. We will find that differences in the application of the law by local prosecutors, not based on invidious discrimination, do not rise to the level of a denial of equal protection.
Theodore Lavord Andrews was convicted by a jury of possession of cocaine…
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