California Court of Appeal

Section 2933.1(a) of the Penal Code, which limits the award of only 15 percent work time credits in cases of murder, applies to limit presentence conduct credits where the murder occurs after the law's effective date.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/16/2001
• Published 05/16/2001

Judges

•  TURNER, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Boyce & Schaefer, Robert E. Boyce, San Diego, Laura Schaefer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Susan D. Martynec, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Erika D. Jackson, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.