PEOPLE v. THOMAS

Docket No. B102354.

56 Cal.App.4th 396 (1997)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHNNY CALVIN THOMAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

July 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John L. Staley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, Jaime L. Fuster, and Anh T. Nguyen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

In this three strikes case, both sides contend the trial court erred in calculating the sentence. For the reasons explained below, we hold (1) when a third strike defendant is convicted on multiple counts and the life sentence on each count is to run consecutively, the minimum term of the indeterminate life sentence is calculated separately as to each count; (2) enhancements used in calculating the "minimum term...

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