California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Valenzuela, 151 Cal.App.3d 180, 198 Cal.Rptr. 469 (Cal. App. 1984):
2 Because the crime in this case was committed before June 9, 1982, the provisions of "the Victim's Bill of Rights" (Cal. Const. art. I, 28) are inapplicable to this case. (People v. Smith (1983) 34 Cal.3d 251, 257-258, 193 Cal.Rptr. 692, 667 P.2d 149.)
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