California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Spears, 40 Cal.App.4th 1683, 48 Cal.Rptr.2d 634 (Cal. App. 1995):
"... Fixing the day the offense was committed as the watershed results in an entirely reasonable classification and does not deny equal protection to those whose offenses predate [the legislative change]." (People v. Superior Court (Gonzales) (1978) 78 Cal.App.3d 134, 143, 144 Cal.Rptr. 89.)
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