PEOPLE v. OATES

No. S106796.

12 Cal.Rptr.3d 325 (2004)

88 P.3d 56

32 Cal.4th 1048

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jimmie Lee OATES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard C. Cohen, San Diego, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and John L. Dodd, Tustin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Lora Fox Martin, Gil P. Gonzalez, Matthew Mulford, Gary Brozio and Steven T. Oetting, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


CHIN, J.

Penal Code section 12022.53, which is also known as the 10-20-life law, prescribes substantial sentence enhancements for using a firearm in the commission of certain listed felonies.1 Subdivision (b) of the statute provides for an additional and consecutive 10-year prison term for anyone convicted of a listed felony "who, in the commission of" that felony, "personally uses a firearm...

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