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Supreme Court to decide Prop. 22 challenge and another SB 1437 resentencing case [Updated]

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The 2018 legislation limited criminal liability for felony murder or murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine and allowed defendants convicted under those theories to seek resentencing. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th Division Three held policy exclusions defeated the claim as a matter of law. Mitchell (see here ).

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Review granted in a taxpayer action about COVID speedy trial rights and in yet another SB 1437 case

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” The trial court had dismissed the action on demurrer, ruling that one superior court cannot direct a writ of mandamus to another superior court. Strong (2022) 13 Cal.5th Murder resentencing. The court will also hear People v. The appellate court did so even while it “acknowledge[d] that some. Banks (2015) 61 Cal.4th