California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Norton, 109 Cal.Rptr.3d 197, 184 Cal.App.4th 408 (Cal. App. 2010):
11 "[F]or the purpose of determining retroactive application of an amendment to a criminal statute, a judgment is not final until the time for petitioning for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court has passed." ( People v. Vieira, supra, 35 Cal.4th at p. 306, 25 Cal.Rptr.3d 337, 106 P.3d 990.)
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