Legal Opinion
People v. Arevalo
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 8, 2016No. B259998PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EDMON, P. J.
Edgar Omar Arevalo appeals from the trial court’s order denying his petition for resentencing under the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (hereafter, Proposition 36 or the Act). The Act amended Penal Code 1 sections 667 and 1170.12 (the “Three Strikes” law) to reduce the punishment for some third strike offenses that are neither serious nor violent. The Act also added section 1170.126 to create a procedure by which some inmates already serving third strike sentences may seek resentencing in accordance with the new sentencing rules.
Arevalo is serving an indeterminate sentence…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- People v. Superior Court (Romero)California Supreme Court · 1996
- People v. GuerreroCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
- Teal v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2014
- People v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2015
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3Cited by18 opinions
- People v. FriersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2017
- People v. BushCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
- People v. Piper, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
- People v. NewmanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
- People v. PerezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
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