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PEOPLE v. THORNTON

No. E022525.

86 Cal.Rptr.2d 84 (1999)

73 Cal.App.4th 42

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. George Lewis THORNTON, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

Review Denied October 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grover Trask, District Attorney, and Elaina G. Bentley, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

J. Michael Roake, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

RAMIREZ, P.J.

This case comes to us a second time, on this occasion, following the trial court's granting of Thornton's motion to dismiss two of his three "strike" priors pursuant to Penal Code section 1385. We agree with the People that the trial court abused its discretion in so ruling. Therefore, we reverse the trial court's order dismissing two of the strikes and remand the matter to permit the trial court to reconsider its ruling, if it wishes...

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