PEOPLE v. JENKINS

Docket No. S039538.

10 Cal.4th 234 (1995)

893 P.2d 1224

40 Cal. Rptr.2d 903

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ROBERT EARL JENKINS, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

May 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver and David H. Rose, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Stuart R. Rappaport, Public Defender, and Michael L. Chastaine, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

GEORGE, J.

We granted review in this case to resolve several questions that have arisen with regard to the proper application of Penal Code section 667.7,1 a habitual offender sentencing provision enacted in 1981 and predating the recently enacted "three-strikes" legislation.2 In particular, we must determine (1) whether...

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