IN RE MARTINEZ

No. S103581.

131 Cal.Rptr.2d 921 (2003)

30 Cal.4th 29

65 P.3d 411

In re Pamela C. MARTINEZ, on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 2003.

As Modified June 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Courtenay, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Los Angeles, for Petitioner Pamela C. Martinez.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Paul D. Gifford, Assistant Attorney General, Susan Duncan Lee, Matthew D. Mandelbaum and Diann Sokoloff, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent the People.


BROWN, J.

The Penal Code provides that inmates in county jails and state prisons may have their sentences reduced as a reward for their conduct, including work and good behavior. The rate at which inmates accrue credit depends on numerous factors, including whether the confinement is presentence or postsentence. A jury convicted petitioner, her conviction was reversed, and she then pleaded guilty. She now contends her state prison confinement prior to the reversal...

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