PEOPLE v. CONTRERAS

No. S224564.

4 Cal.5th 349 (2018)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LEONEL CONTRERAS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

February 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy J. King , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Leonel Contreras.

Daniel J. Kessler , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant William S. Rodriguez.

L. Richard Braucher and Susan L. Burrell for Pacific Juvenile Defender Center as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Joshua Klein , Deputy State Solicitor General, Julie L. Garland , Assistant Attorney General, Arlene A. Sevidal , Meredith S. White , Steven T. Oetting and Tami Falkenstein Hennick , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

Defendants Leonel Contreras and William Rodriguez were convicted in a joint trial of kidnapping and sexual offenses they committed as 16 year olds. Rodriguez was sentenced to a term of 50 years to life, and Contreras was sentenced to a term of 58 years to life. We granted review to determine whether the sentences...

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