Law Practice
May 13, 2010
No Retroactivity for Custody Credits
A January 2010 legislative change awarding some California prison inmates more custody credits so they will get out of prison sooner and thus aid the state budget crisis does not apply retroactively, a state appellate panel held Tuesday.




Daily Journal Staff Writer
A January 2010 legislative change awarding some California prison inmates more custody credits so they will get out of prison sooner and thus aid the state budget crisis does not apply retroactively, a state appellate panel held Tuesday. The 6th District Court of Appeal acknowledged that its ruling in People v. Hopkins will lessen the favorable fiscal impact of the change. It also conceded tha...
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