PEOPLE v. HUBBARD

No. C073340.

228 Cal.App.4th 1442 (2014)

176 Cal. Rptr. 3d 511

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SIDNEY SCOTT HUBBARD, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District, Sacramento.

August 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Bond and Deborah Prucha , under appointments by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, and Stephen G. Herndon , Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BUTZ, Acting P. J.

This appeal involves discerning the intent of the electorate. In the November 2012 General Election, voters prospectively amended recidivist sentencing provisions for a defendant with two or more previous felony convictions. If a commitment conviction is not for a "serious" or violent felony (subject to a number of qualifications), the prescribed sentence now is double the term otherwise provided, instead...

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