28 Cited authorities

Collins v. Youngblood
497 U.S. 37 (1990) Cited 2,015 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding change in State law allowing reformation of improper criminal verdicts 35 not to violate Ex Post Facto clause
Marks v. United States
430 U.S. 188 (1977) Cited 2,097 times 31 Legal Analyses
Holding that due process is violated if the trial court instructs the jury based on the current interpretation of a statute, rather than the interpretation that controlled at the time of the allegedly criminal acts
People v. Harrison
48 Cal.3d 321 (Cal. 1989) Cited 1,343 times
Upholding separate punishments for three acts of sexual penetration over the course of less than 10 minutes where "each of defendant's 'repenetrations' was clearly volitional, criminal and occasioned by a separate act of force."
Department of Revenue v. ACF Industries, Inc.
510 U.S. 332 (1994) Cited 225 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding railroads could not challenge as discriminatory a generally applicable property tax to which some non-railroad property, but not railroad property, was exempted
Neal v. State of California
55 Cal.2d 11 (Cal. 1960) Cited 1,594 times
Holding that defendant who threw gasoline into a bedroom and ignited it could not be punished for both attempted murder and arson because the arson was the means used to commit the crime of attempted murder
People v. Jefferson
21 Cal.4th 86 (Cal. 1999) Cited 409 times
Holding that the minimum 15-year term of imprisonment required under a criminal street gang provision set the minimum term for a sentence and was not a sentence enhancement
California Teachers Assn. v. Governing Bd. of Rialto Unified School Dist.
14 Cal.4th 627 (Cal. 1997) Cited 344 times
Describing the judicial role of construing statutes consistent with their plain meaning and other indicia of legislative intent
Beazell v. Ohio
269 U.S. 167 (1925) Cited 826 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the former law afforded jointly indicted defendants separate trials as a matter of right, but the new law only afforded separate trials subject to the trial judge's discretion; held, no ex post facto violation because the law did not affect a substantial right of the accused
People v. Cruz
13 Cal.4th 764 (Cal. 1996) Cited 287 times
Holding that burglary of an inhabited vessel constituted burglary of "an inhabited dwelling house"
People v. Overstreet
42 Cal.3d 891 (Cal. 1986) Cited 284 times
Reasoning that a statute should be construed "as favorably to the defendant as its language and the circumstance of its application reasonably permit"

PEOPLE v. CORREA

28 Cited authorities

Holding change in State law allowing reformation of improper criminal verdicts 35 not to violate Ex Post Facto clause

Holding that due process is violated if the trial court instructs the jury based on the current interpretation of a statute, rather than the interpretation that controlled at the time of the allegedly criminal acts

Upholding separate punishments for three acts of sexual penetration over the course of less than 10 minutes where "each of defendant's 'repenetrations' was clearly volitional, criminal and occasioned by a separate act of force."

Holding railroads could not challenge as discriminatory a generally applicable property tax to which some non-railroad property, but not railroad property, was exempted

Holding that defendant who threw gasoline into a bedroom and ignited it could not be punished for both attempted murder and arson because the arson was the means used to commit the crime of attempted murder

Holding that the minimum 15-year term of imprisonment required under a criminal street gang provision set the minimum term for a sentence and was not a sentence enhancement

Describing the judicial role of construing statutes consistent with their plain meaning and other indicia of legislative intent

Holding that the former law afforded jointly indicted defendants separate trials as a matter of right, but the new law only afforded separate trials subject to the trial judge's discretion; held, no ex post facto violation because the law did not affect a substantial right of the accused

Holding that burglary of an inhabited vessel constituted burglary of "an inhabited dwelling house"

Reasoning that a statute should be construed "as favorably to the defendant as its language and the circumstance of its application reasonably permit"