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TAPIA v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S016614.

53 Cal.3d 282 (1991)

807 P.2d 434

279 Cal. Rptr. 592

ROBERT ALAN TAPIA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TULARE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

April 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Neal Pereira, Public Defender, Tim Bazar, Assistant Public Defender, and Hugo Loza for Petitioner.

John T. Philipsborn, Quin Denvir, Tito Gonzales, Michael E. Cantrall, Linda F. Robertson, Thomas Havlena, and Jean R. Sternberg as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, J. Robert Jibson, Ward Campbell and Karen L. Ziskind, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

Patricia Toole Castle, Deputy District Attorney (Kern), as Amicus Curiae for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

PANELLI, J.

Proposition 115, the "Crime Victims Justice Reform Act," changed criminal law in several respects on June 6, 1990. We granted review to determine whether the measure's provisions should be applied to prosecutions of crimes committed before its effective date. We conclude that certain provisions addressing the conduct of trials, and certain other provisions changing the law to the benefit of defendants, may be applied...

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