People v. Carmony

Opinion

BROWN, J.

In this case, defendant Keith Ishmeal Carmony pled guilty to one count for failure to register in violation of Penal Code section 290, *371subdivision (g)(2)1 and admitted that he had suffered three prior “strikes” under the three strikes law. (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12.) Carmony moved to dismiss these strikes pursuant to section 1385, but the trial court refused to do so and sentenced him to 26 years to life in accordance with the three strikes law. We now consider what standard of review should be applied to the trial court’s decision not to dismiss or strike a sentencing…