PEOPLE v. SASSER

No. S217128.

61 Cal.4th 1 (2015)

186 Cal. Rptr. 3d 540

347 P.3d 522

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DARREN DERAE SASSER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dirck Newbury , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Ronald L. Brown , Public Defender (Los Angeles), Albert J. Menaster and Albert Camacho, Jr. , Deputy Public Defenders, for Los Angeles County Public Defender as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

William J. Arzbaecher III for California Public Defender's Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan , Catherine A. Rivlin and Gregg E. Zywicke , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

When a defendant with one prior "strike" is convicted of a subsequent felony, the second strike provision of the "Three Strikes" law requires that he be sentenced to "twice the term otherwise provided as punishment for the current felony conviction." (Pen. Code, § 667, subd. (e)(1); all subsequent statutory...

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