P. v. Stiles
Defendant Darren Keith Stiles pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and admitted allegations that he had a prior strike conviction and served a prior prison term. The trial court sentenced defendant to five years in prison (the middle term of two years, doubled for the prior strike, plus one year for the prior prison term), and awarded presentence credit as follows: 513 days of actual credit and 256 days of conduct credit, calculated at the rate in existence when defendant committed the offense. The rate for calculating conduct credit in existence on July 5, 2011, was to divide the number of days actually served by four, truncate any remainder, and then multiply the quotient by two. (People v. Culp (2002) 100 Cal.App.4th 1278, 1283.)
Defendant now contends equal protection principles entitle him to presentence conduct credit calculated at the enhanced rate provided by the Criminal Justice Realignment Act of 2011 (the Realignment Act) for his days in custody from October 1, 2011, to January 10, 2013, the date of sentencing.
For the reasons set forth in People v. Rajanayagam (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th 42 (Rajanayagam) (review den. Feb. 13, 2013), the contention lacks merit.
We will affirm the judgment.
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