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PEOPLE v. HAZELTON

Docket No. S051561.

14 Cal.4th 101 (1996)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILLIAM ROYAL HAZELTON, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

December 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gary T. Yancey, District Attorney, and L. Douglas Pipes, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gil Garcetti, District Attorney (Los Angeles), George M. Palmer and Aaron Singer, Deputy District Attorneys, Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Charles H. James, Public Defender, and Ron Boyer, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

BROWN, J.

The issue in this case is whether an out-of-state conviction qualifies as a "strike" under the "three strikes" provision of Proposition 184. (Pen Code,1 § 1170.12.) Unlike its legislative predecessor, section 667, subdivisions (b)-(i), this portion of section 1170.12 is ambiguous regarding whether it includes out-of-state convictions. We conclude, in light of the unequivocal evidence...

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