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IN RE COLEY

No. S185303.

55 Cal.4th 524 (2012)

146 Cal. Rptr. 3d 382

283 P.3d 1252

In re WILLIE CLIFFORD COLEY on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

August 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy L. Tetreault , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner Willie Clifford Coley.

Michael Vitiello , Patrick Blood and Gary Mandinach for California State Public Defenders Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Willie Clifford Coley.

Richard Such for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Willie Clifford Coley.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka , Assistant Attorney General, Lawrence M. Daniels , Victoria B. Wilson , Janet E. Neeley and Noah P. Hill , Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent State of California.

OPINION

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J. —

California's "Three Strikes" law applies to a criminal defendant who is currently charged and convicted of a felony and who has previously been convicted of one or more serious or violent felonies. One aspect of the law that has proven controversial is that the lengthy punishment prescribed by the law may be imposed not only when such a defendant is convicted of another serious or violent felony but also...

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