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PEOPLE v. VALENCIA

Nos. S223825, S223676.

3 Cal.5th 347 (2017)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID J. VALENCIA, Defendant and Appellant. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CLIFFORD PAUL CHANEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 3, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Satris , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Clifford Paul Chaney.

Stephanie L. Gunther , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant David John Valencia.

Three Strikes Project, Michael S. Romano for George Gascon, Bill Landsdowne and David Mills as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Richard Such and John T. Philipsborn for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon , Rachelle A. Newcomb , Peter W. Thompson and Darren K. Indermill , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

In November 2012, California voters enacted Proposition 36, the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (Proposition 36 or Three Strikes Reform Act). With some exceptions, Proposition 36 modified California's "Three Strikes" law to reduce the punishment imposed when a defendant's third felony conviction...

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