[Download] "People V. Acosta" by California Supreme Court * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People V. Acosta
- Author : California Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 15, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 84 KB
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The "Three Strikes" law provides that for a defendant convicted of a felony who has sustained two or more qualifying prior felony convictions-commonly known as strikes-"the term for the current felony conviction shall be an indeterminate term of life imprisonment," with the "minimum term of the indeterminate sentence" being the greatest of three options. (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subd. (e)(2)(A), 1170, subd. (c)(2)(A).) *fn1 One of those options is "[t]hree times the term otherwise provided as punishment for each current felony conviction subsequent to the two or more prior felony convictions" (option 1). (§ 667, subd. (e)(2)(A)(i).) For a defendant with only one prior strike, "the determinate term or minimum term for an indeterminate term shall be twice the term otherwise provided as punishment for the current felony conviction." (§ 667, subd. (e)(1).) The "One Strike" law provides that a defendant convicted of certain sex offenses under certain circumstances-which we will sometimes refer to as triggering circumstances-"shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life and shall not be eligible for release on parole" for either 15 or 25 years. (§ 667.61.) Section 667, subdivision (a)(1), provides that a person convicted of a serious felony (as defined) shall receive a five-year enhancement for each prior serious felony conviction on charges brought and tried separately.