California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chatman, 228 Cal.Rptr.3d 379, 4 Cal.5th 277, 410 P.3d 9 (Cal. 2018):
In order to decide whether a statutory distinction is so devoid of even minimal rationality that it is unconstitutional as a matter of equal protection, we typically ask two questions. We first ask whether the state adopted a classification affecting two or more groups that are similarly situated in an unequal manner. ( People v. McKee , supra , 47 Cal.4th at p. 1202, 104 Cal.Rptr.3d 427, 223 P.3d 566.) If we deem the groups at issue similarly situated in all material respects, we
[410 P.3d 16]
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