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PEOPLE v. LARA

No. S192784.

54 Cal.4th 896 (2012)

144 Cal. Rptr. 3d 169

281 P.3d 72

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICARDO ANTONIO LARA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 19, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Robinson , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan and Eric D. Share , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WERDEGAR, J. —

Effective January 25, 2010, the Legislature increased the rate at which prisoners in local custody could earn "conduct credits" against their term of confinement for work and good behavior. (Pen. Code, former § 4019, subds. (b)(1), (c)(1) & (f), as amended by Stats. 2009, 3d Ex. Sess. 2009-2010, ch. 28, § 50 (hereafter former section 4019).)1 The Legislature withheld this...

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