# People v. Sage

> California Supreme Court · February 19, 1980 · 26 Cal. 3d 498

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9530258

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID SAGE, Defendant and Appellant
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** February 19, 1980
- **Citations:** 26 Cal. 3d 498; 165 Cal. Rptr. 280; 611 P.2d 874; 1980 Cal. LEXIS 147
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Clark
- **Judges:** Bird, Newman
- **Cited by:** 219 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Superseded by statute, as recognized in People v. Brunner.
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9530258

## Opinion text

*510 CLARK, J., Concurring and Dissenting.
I concur in the judgment and opinion of the court except insofar as the rule announced today is given retroactive effect. The purpose of conduct credit is to foster good behavior and satisfactory work performance. (People v. Saffell (1979) 25 Cal.3d 223, 233 [ 157 Cal.Rptr. 897 , 599 P.2d 92 ].) That purpose will not be served by granting such credit retroactively.
Richardson, J., and Manuel, J., concurred.

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