What is the test for equal protection under both the state and federal constitutions?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Harris, B299340 (Cal. App. 2020):

"Both the state and federal constitutions extend to persons the equal protection of law." (People v. Chatman (2018) 4 Cal.5th 277, 287.) "[W]here the law challenged neither draws a suspect classification nor burdens fundamental rights, . . . [w]e find a denial of equal protection only if there is no rational relationship between a disparity in treatment and some legitimate government purpose."3 (Id. at 288-289.) "We first ask whether the state adopted a classification affecting two or

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