Legal Opinion
People v. Cruz
California Supreme Court
Decided August 5, 1996No. S046075PublishedCited by 215 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GEORGE, C. J.
The question before us is whether proof that the defendant suffered a 1992 conviction for first degree burglary adequately proved the truth of a serious felony enhancement allegation as defined by Penal Code section 1192.7, subdivision (c)(18) (section 1192.7(c)(18)).1 Section 1192.7(c)(18) defines serious felonies for the purpose of sentence enhancement as including “burglary of an inhabited dwelling house, or trailer coach as defined by the Vehicle Code, or inhabited portion of any other building . . . .” The quoted language duplicated the definition of first degree…
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