TEAL v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S211708.

60 Cal.4th 595 (2014)

179 Cal. Rptr. 3d 365

336 P.3d 686

BENNIE JAY TEAL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Defendant and Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

November 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Lennon , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Assistant Attorney General, Victoria B. Wilson , Jaime L. Fuster and Noah P. Hill , Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.


OPINION

CHIN, J.

On November 6, 2012, the California electorate approved Proposition 36, otherwise known as the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (the Act), which became effective the next day. Before the Act's passage, the "Three Strikes" law provided that a recidivist offender with two or more qualifying strikes was subject to an indeterminate life sentence if the offender was convicted for any new felony offense. (See People v...

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