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PEOPLE v. CARTWRIGHT

Docket No. C019075.

39 Cal.App.4th 1123 (1995)

46 Cal. Rptr.2d 351

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN EARL CARTWRIGHT, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

October 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wesley A. Van Winkle, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Wanda Hill Rouzan and Margaret Venturi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

MORRISON, J.

Effective March 7, 1994, the Legislature enacted the so-called "three strikes" law (Stats. 1994, ch. 12, §§ 1-2), as an urgency measure "to ensure longer prison sentences and greater punishment" for felons who have previously committed violent or serious felonies.

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