Does an amendment to the Criminal Code lessening punishment for crimes apply to acts committed before its passage?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Bakker, C061706, No. 06F07899 (Cal. App. 2010):
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 custody credits]; People v. Hunter (1977) 68 Cal.App.3d 389, 393 [same].)4
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