PEOPLE v. JEFFERSON

No. S057834.

86 Cal.Rptr.2d 893 (1999)

980 P.2d 441

21 Cal.4th 86

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Walter JEFFERSON et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

August 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Mack, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Walter Jefferson.

John Steinberg, Berkeley, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Andre Brown.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, Marc E. Turchin, Sanjay T. Kumar, William T. Harter, Jaime L. Fuster, Lance E. Winters, Carol Frederick Jorstad and James William Bilderback II, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


KENNARD, J.

The "Three Strikes and You're Out Law" (Pen.Code, § 667, subds. (b)-(i), hereafter the Three Strikes law),1 requires that a defendant who is convicted of a felony and has a prior conviction for a "strike" (a violent or serious felony) be sentenced to double the prison term for the defendant's "current felony conviction." For instance, a defendant who has a prior strike and is convicted of a felony for which the prescribed...

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