California Court of Appeal

In a prosecution of defendant for possession of methamphetamine for sale, possession of ecstasy for sale, and evading a police officer, the matter is remanded to the trial court to modify its sentencing order as the 2009 amendments to Penal Code section 4019 which went into effect on January 25, 2010 are retroactive, and defendant is entitled to recalculation of his pre-sentence custody credits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/06/2010
• Published 05/06/2010

Judges

• BRUINIERS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Syda Kosofsky, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gregg E. Zywicke and Marsha A. Dabiza, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.