Is there any case law supporting the argument that a person convicted of a different crime is entitled to the same status?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Descano, 199 Cal.Rptr.3d 297, 245 Cal.App.4th 175 (Cal. App. 2016):

"Persons convicted of different crimes are not similarly situated for equal protection purposes. [Citations.]" (People v. Macias (1982) 137 Cal.App.3d 465, 473, 187 Cal.Rptr. 100 ). " [I]t is one thing to hold ... that persons convicted of the same crime cannot be treated differently. It is quite another to hold that persons convicted of different crimes must be treated equally. [Citation.]" (People v. Jacobs (1984) 157 Cal.App.3d 797, 803, 204 Cal.Rptr. 234.)

We find that defendant has failed to demonstrate that two similarly situated groups have been treated in an unequal

[199 Cal.Rptr.3d 301]

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