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Name: People v. Wilkins
Case #: D078004
Division: 1
Citation: 68 Cal.App.5th 153
Opinion Date: 20210823
Summary

SB 1437 did not unconstitutionally amended a voter-approved initiative, as the bill neither repealed the felony-murder special circumstance statute in practice nor amended any voter-approved initiative. Additionally, the court of appeal held that a district attorney lacked standing to challenge SB 1437 based on potential infringement on defendant’s rights under the Eighth Amendment, because those rights were personal to defendant.