California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Vargas, H042828 (Cal. App. 2017):
As defendant acknowledges, similar claims have been rejected in cases involving petitions filed under section 1170.18, subdivision (a)i.e., by defendants who were "currently serving a sentence." In such cases, a defendant "must provide some evidence of eligibility when he [or she] files the petition." (People v. Perkins (2016) 244 Cal.App.4th 129, 137 (Perkins).) The trial court may summarily deny a section 1170.18,
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