PEOPLE v. DOTSON

Docket No. S056839.

16 Cal.4th 547 (1997)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TYRONE CRAIG DOTSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Charlotte E. Costan, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stephen B. Bedrick as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, John R. Gorey, Sanjay T. Kumar, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Jaime L. Fuster and Juliet H. Swoboda, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BROWN, J.

Under the three strikes law, a trial court must sentence a defendant with two or more qualifying prior felony convictions to an indeterminate life term with the minimum term calculated as the "greater" of three options. The last of these three options is calculated, as relevant here, by adding to the term for the current offense the terms for applicable enhancements. (Pen. Code, § 1170.12, subd. (c)(2)(A)(iii...

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