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IN RE POPE

No. S160930.

50 Cal.4th 777 (2010)

114 Cal. Rptr. 3d 225

237 P.3d 552

In re NATHAN POPE on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

August 19, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Michelle May, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Deborah Prucha, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Petitioner Nathan Pope.

Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, James M. Humes, Robert R. Anderson and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Frances T. Grunder and Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorneys General, Stephen P. Acquisto, Jennifer A. Neill, Jessica N. Blonien and Krista L. Pollard, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent the People.

OPINION

GEORGE, C. J.—

Persons who are serving a term in state prison may earn credit against their term if they participate in qualifying work or training programs. (Pen. Code, § 2933.)1 Ordinarily, a prisoner may earn one day of such "worktime credit" for each day of participation, reducing the term of incarceration by up to 50 percent. Certain statutes, however, restrict the amount of credit that may be earned...

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