California § 1170.02 - A prisoner is not eligible for resentence or recall pursuant to Section 1172.2 if
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§ 1170.02. A prisoner is not eligible for resentence or recall pursuant to Section 1172.2 if
A prisoner is not eligible for resentence or recall pursuant to Section 1172.2 if they were convicted of first-degree murder, if the victim was a peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1, 830.2, 830.3, 830.31, 830.32, 830.33, 830.34, 830.35, 830.36, 830.37, 830.4, 830.5, 830.6, 830.10, 830.11, or 830.12, who was killed while engaged in the performance of their duties, and the individual knew, or reasonably should have known, that the victim was a peace officer engaged in the performance of their duties, or the victim was a peace officer or a former peace officer under any of the above-enumerated sections and was intentionally killed in retaliation for the performance of their official duties.
Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 1170.02 ("A prisoner is not eligible for resentence or recall pursuant to Section 1172.2 if") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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