The Court of Appeal assumed for the purposes of this appeal that juvenile offenders who are sentenced to the functional equivalent of LWOP are entitled to relief under PC 1170(d)(1)(A). Nevertheless, the court held that appellant’s 33-years-to-life sentence is the not functional equivalent of LWOP.

The full opinion is available on the court’s website here: https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B333138.PDF