Does section 264.2 of the California Penal Code deny defendant equal protection of the law because it singles out a particular type of rapist?

Defendant relies on People v. Olivas (1976) 17 Cal.3d 236, 131 Cal.Rptr. 55, 551 P.2d 375, in support of the contention that section 264.2 denies him equal protection of the law because it singles out a [110 Cal.App.3d 91] class of persons convicted rapists and subjects them to mandatory prison sentences with no opportunity for the sentencing court to consider mitigating factors.

In Smith v. Municipal Court, supra, 78 Cal.App.3d 592, 144 Cal.Rptr. 504, the court rejected the identical contention that the equal protection of the law was denied because the statute singled out a group of

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