What is the rational basis standard for determining whether a defendant is entitled to equal protection in the context of sentencing disparities?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. White, H042019 (Cal. App. 2016):
rational basis standard applies to sentencing disparities of the type alleged here. (Ibid.) (See also Johnson v. Department of Justice (2015) 60 Cal.4th 871, 881 [where a disputed statutory disparity implicates no suspect class or fundamental right, equal protection is violated only where there is no rational relationship between the disparity of treatment and some legitimate governmental purpose].) Accordingly, we will apply the rational basis standard.
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