What is the impact of the "Crime Victims Justice Reform Act"?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Briggs v. Brown, 221 Cal.Rptr.3d 465, 3 Cal.5th 808, 400 P.3d 29 (Cal. 2017):

In Raven v. Deukmejian , supra , 52 Cal.3d 336, 276 Cal.Rptr. 326, 801 P.2d 1077 ( Raven ), the court examined the "Crime Victims Justice Reform Act," which provided for (1) abolition of the right to postindictment preliminary hearings; (2) restricting certain state constitutional criminal rights to afford no greater protection than is provided by the federal Constitution; (3) the people's right to due process and a speedy public trial; (4) greater flexibility with regard to joinder and less with regard to severance; (5)

[3 Cal.5th 830]

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