PEOPLE v. McCART

Docket No. Crim. 22481.

32 Cal.3d 338 (1982)

649 P.2d 926

185 Cal. Rptr. 284

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAMMY EDWARD McCART, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

September 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Adrian K. Panton, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Steven V. Adler and Steven H. Zeigen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

REYNOSO, J.

This appeal requires the judiciary once again to interpret and properly apply the complex provisions of the Determinate Sentencing Act.1 We consider the provisions contained in Penal Code section 1170.1, subdivision (b) for sentencing persons who commit crimes while imprisoned. We are presented with a single question: What is the proper computation of the term for multiple convictions...

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