California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Baker, 10 Cal.5th 1044, 274 Cal.Rptr.3d 655, 480 P.3d 49 (Cal. 2021):
" "Comparative intercase proportionality review by the trial or appellate courts is not constitutionally required." " ( Potts , supra , 6 Cal.5th at p. 1061, 245 Cal.Rptr.3d 2, 436 P.3d 899.) A lack of such "review does not deny a defendant the constitutional right to equal protection." ( People v. Romero (2008) 44 Cal.4th 386, 429, 79 Cal.Rptr.3d 334, 187 P.3d 56.)
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