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Supreme Court will decide parole eligibility issue for young-adult offenders

At the Lectern

5th 769; In re Williams (2020) 57 Cal.App.5th The prosecution acted under a Los Angeles County District Attorney directive to not contest certain resentencing petitions in felony-murder cases. The Supreme Court has denied review in several cases reaching a contrary conclusion. See among others People v. Sands (2021) 70 Cal.App.5th

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

At the Lectern

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. Koenig (2020) 58 Cal.App.5th Division Three held policy exclusions defeated the claim as a matter of law.