People v. Pieters

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J.

We granted review to consider (i) whether “drug quantity” enhancements imposed pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11370.4 *897(hereafter section 11370.4)1 were impliedly excepted from the double-base-term limitation of former Penal Code section 1170.1, subdivision (g) (hereafter former Penal Code section 1170.1(g))2 prior to the effective date of the present explicit exception and, if so, (ii) whether the enhancements are triggered by the weight of drugs in their pure form only or by the total weight of a mixture containing the drug (i.e., the weight of a “cut” or…