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PEOPLE v. LYNCH

No. C068476.

209 Cal.App.4th 353 (2012)

146 Cal. Rptr. 3d 811

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DEANDRE DESHAWN LYNCH, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

September 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Shusted , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell , Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon and Darren K. Indermill , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

RAYE, P. J. —

This case addresses whether the 2011 Realignment Legislation addressing public safety (hereafter Realignment Act; Stats. 2011, ch. 15) must be applied retroactively to all defendants whose convictions are not yet final. We find that a defendant's right to equal protection of the law does not prevent the Legislature's limiting the act's application to felons sentenced on or after its operational date of October 1...

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