Coming tomorrow from the Cal. Supremes

 

Tomorrow the Cal. Supremes will issue opinions in the following cases:

 

PEOPLE v. CONLEY (PATRICK)

S211275 (C070272; Yolo County Superior Court – CRF113234)

Argued in Los Angeles 4-07-16

 

This case presents the following issue: Does the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subd. (e)(2)(C), 1170.12, subd. (c)(2)(C)), which reduces punishment for certain non-violent third-strike offenders, apply retroactively to a defendant who was sentenced before the Act’s effective date but whose judgment was not final until after that date?

 

 

PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ (MARCOS)

S216681 (G047666;Orange County Superior Court – 11CF2839)

Argued in Los Angeles 4-07-16

 

This case presents the following issue:  Was defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to confrontation violated by the gang expert’s reliance on testimonial hearsay (Crawford v. Washington (2004) 541 U.S. 36)?