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PEOPLE v. HELMS

Docket No. S053937.

15 Cal.4th 608 (1997)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SEAN HELMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Mark Shenfield and J. Bradley O'Connell, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Stan M. Helfman, Sharon G. Birenbaum and John R. Vance, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant received a four-year sentence in Marin Superior Court for possessing a controlled substance, a crime he committed in 1993. He was placed on probation. After that, the voters enacted the three strikes law. About one month later, defendant committed a new offense of possessing a controlled substance, for which he was convicted in Santa Clara Superior Court and sentenced to an indeterminate term under the three...

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