P. v. Garner CA3
After the parties submitted their supplemental briefs, we granted the District Attorney of San Joaquin County’s application to file an amicus curiae brief “to address matters not fully examined by the parties’ briefs.” In their brief, amicus curiae argues that defendant’s sentence is not the functional equivalent of LWOP for two reasons. First, defendant received a determinate sentence of 50 years. “[B]ased upon the sentence



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