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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. The court denied a request to depublish the Fourth District, Division Three, opinion in Coast Restaurant Group, Inc.

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

At the Lectern

” The trial court had dismissed the action on demurrer, ruling that one superior court cannot direct a writ of mandamus to another superior court. factors” from two governing Supreme Court opinions — People v. Murder resentencing. The court will also hear People v. Banks (2015) 61 Cal.4th 4th 788 and People v.