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- Title: People V. Floyd
- Author : California Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 21, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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In this case we must decide whether Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, applies to defendants who were sentenced prior to the act's effective date of July 1, 2001, but whose judgments were not yet final as of that date. We conclude that the act's saving clause-which states that "[e]xcept as otherwise provided, the provisions of this act shall become effective July 1, 2001, and its provisions shall be applied prospectively" (Prop. 36, § 8, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 7, 2000) (Prop. 36), reprinted at 51 West's Ann. Pen. Code (2003 supp.) foll. § 1210, p. 221)-indicates the act was not intended to apply retroactively to this subset of cases. We also reject defendant's alternative claim that the failure to accord retroactive effect to Proposition 36 would violate his state and federal right to equal protection. We therefore affirm the Court of Appeal.
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