What is the test for making an equal protection claim?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. King, F067104 (Cal. App. 2015):
unequal manner." (In re Eric J. (1979) 25 Cal.3d 522, 530.) In other words, "an equal protection claim cannot succeed, and does not require further analysis, unless there is some showing that the two groups are sufficiently similar with respect to the purpose of the law in question that some level of scrutiny is required in order to determine whether the distinction is justified." (People v. Nguyen (1997) 54 Cal.App.4th 705, 714.)
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