Opinion

People v. Sage

  • 26 Cal. 3d 498
  • 165 Cal. Rptr. 280
  • 611 P.2d 874
  • 1980 Cal. LEXIS 147
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Feb 19, 1980
Status
Published
Author
Newman
On the bench
Bird, Newman
Cited by
219 cases
Authority
More cited than 4.8%

Superseded by statute, as recognized in People v. Brunner

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  • Superseded by statute, as recognized in People v. Brunner

    26 Cal.3d 498, 502-503 , superseded by statute on other grounds as stated in People v. Brunner (1983) 145 Cal.App.3d 761, 763
    California Court of AppealJul 13, 1983by statuteother groundsmedium confidenceRead it

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.

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