Legal Opinion
People v. Lynch
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 13, 2012No. C068476PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RAYE, P. J.
This case addresses whether the 2011 realignment legislation addressing public safety (hereafter Realignment Act; Stats. 2011, ch. 15) must be applied retroactively to all defendants whose convictions are not yet final. We find that a defendant’s right to equal protection of the law does not prevent the Legislature’s limiting the act’s application to felons sentenced on or after its operational date of October 1, 2011.
*357BACKGROUND
We dispense with a recitation of the facts of the crimes as they are unnecessary to resolve this appeal.
Defendant Deandre Deshawn Lynch pleaded no…
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