Does a statutory amendment lessening punishment for crimes apply to acts committed before it was passed?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Huato, C064155 (Cal. App. 2012):
740, 745 [statutory amendments lessening punishment for crimes apply "to acts committed before its passage provided the judgment convicting the defendant of the act is not final"]; People v. Doganiere (1978) 86 Cal.App.3d 237 [applying the rule of Estrada to an amendment involving conduct credits]; People v. Hunter (1977) 68 Cal.App.3d 389, 393 [applying the rule of Estrada to an amendment involving custody credits].)
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