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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