PEOPLE v. FUHRMAN

Docket No. S055920.

16 Cal.4th 930 (1997)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SCOTT ROBERT FUHRMAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Roberta K. Thyfault, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Charles H. James, Public Defender (Contra Costa) and Ron Boyer, Deputy Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, M. Howard Wayne, Robert M. Foster and Laura Whitcomb Halgren, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GEORGE, C.J.

We granted review in this case to address three issues involving the interpretation of Penal Code section 667, subdivisions (b) through (i), commonly known as the "Three Strikes" law.1 The first issue is whether, when a defendant has been convicted of more than one violent or serious felony offense in a single prior proceeding, each conviction may be counted as a "strike" under the...

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