Canedos

People v. Canedos

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 13, 2022B308433California4,095 words

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Filed 4/13/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, B308433

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. MA066185)

v.

RONALD REYES CANEDOS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Shannon Knight, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions. Randall Conner, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Noah P. Hill and Steven E. Mercer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

____________________________ In 2020, the Legislature enacted Assembly Bill No. 1950 (Stats. 2020, ch. 328) (Assembly Bill No. 1950), which reduced the maximum duration of probation in most felony cases to two years, and in misdemeanor cases to one year. Under principles first established in In re Estrada (1965) 63 Cal.2d 740 (Estrada), courts have held unanimously that the law applies retroactively to the benefit of defendants serving probation…

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