Is a postconviction inmate entitled to the same treatment as a defendant in a criminal case?

Appellant relies on our high court's decision in People v. Sage (1980) 26 Cal.3d 498, 165 Cal.Rptr. 280, 611 P.2d 874, to argue that the disparate and less favorable treatment accorded pretrial detainees constitutes a violation of equal protection principles. In Sage, the court found an equal protection violation in the disparity resulting from denial of conduct credits to pretrial felony detainees which were afforded by statute to postconviction prison inmates and pretrial misdemeanant detainees. (Id. 26 Cal.3d at p. 507, 165 Cal.Rptr. 280, 611 P.2d 874.) ⁵

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