California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bishop, B282217 (Cal. App. 2019):
["[a] judgment becomes final when the availability of an appeal and the time for filing a petition for certiorari have expired"]; see also Bell v. Maryland (1964) 378 U.S. 226, 230 ["[t]he rule applies to any such [criminal] proceeding which, at the time of the supervening legislation, has not yet reached final disposition in the highest court authorized to review it"].) Accordingly, the trial court must be given the opportunity to consider whether to strike the firearm enhancements.
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