involving statutes allowing reduction of prison term with good time credits accumulated presentence
How later courts described this case
- involving statutes allowing reduction of prison term with good time credits accumulated presentence
- involving statutes allowing reduction of prison term with *225 good time credits accumulated presentence
- conc. & dis. opn. of Clark, J.
- equal protection violation where detainee/misdemeanant eligible for presentence good time credits but detainee/felon is not; strict scrutiny standard of review
Written by the judges who cited it.
Later courts went against this
Superseded by statute, as recognized in People v. Brunner
26 Cal.3d 498, 502-503 , superseded by statute on other grounds as stated in People v. Brunner (1983) 145 Cal.App.3d 761, 763
The opinion
NEWMAN, J., Concurring and Dissenting.
I concur in the Chief Justice’s opinion, except that, as I indicated in People v. Saffel (1979) 25 Cal.3d 223, 235 [ 157 Cal.Rptr. 897 , 599 P.2d 92 ] (dis. opn.), I believe that the same credit is appropriate for those who are and are not amenable to treatment.
Respondent’s petition for a rehearing was denied April 30, 1980, and the opinion was modified to read as printed above. Appellant’s petition for a rehearing was denied June 4, 1980. Bird, C.J., was of the opinion that the petitions should be granted.