PEOPLE v. ATKINS

No. C029002.

88 Cal.Rptr.2d 176 (1999)

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Robert Nelson ATKINS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

Review Granted November 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Blumenkrantz, by appointment of the Court of Appeal under the Central California Appellate Program, Berkeley, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mathew Chan and Kelly E. Le-Bel, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

DAVIS, J.

A jury convicted defendant Robert Nelson Atkins of arson of forest land, found he had two prior convictions that qualified as "strikes" under the three strikes law (a 1983 robbery conviction and a 1991 firearm assault conviction), and found that the 1991 conviction was a serious felony for which he had served a recent prison sentence. (Pen.Code, §§ 451, subd. (c); 667, subds...

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