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PEOPLE v. VERA

Docket No. S031326.

15 Cal.4th 269 (1997)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSE BASILIO VERA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Corinne S. Shulman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Janelle B. Davis, Holly D. Wilkins, Garrett Beaumont and Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BROWN, J.

Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b) provides that the sentence imposed on any person convicted of a felony must be enhanced by one year for each prior prison term alleged and proven by the prosecution. A criminal defendant has the statutory right to have a jury determine the truth of an allegation that the accused suffered a prior felony conviction and prison term...

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