PEOPLE v. BAEZ

No. A119660.

167 Cal.App.4th 197 (2008)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSE BAEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Audrey R. Chavez, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye and Christopher W. Grove, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

RUVOLO, P. J.

There are several instances where the law punishes more harshly an accused who has another conviction for a separate offense than an accused who has none. The three strikes law is one example. (Pen. Code, § 667.) Petty theft with a prior is another. (Pen. Code, § 666.) Vehicle Code1 sections 23152, 23550, and 23550.5 constitute yet another. Normally, driving under the influence...

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