Legal Opinion
In re Coley
California Supreme Court
Decided August 30, 2012No. S185303PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.
California’s “Three Strikes” law applies to a criminal defendant who is currently charged and convicted of a felony and who has previously been convicted of one or more serious or violent felonies. One aspect of the law that has proven controversial is that the lengthy punishment prescribed by the law may be imposed not only when such a defendant is convicted of another serious or violent felony but also when he or she is convicted of any offense that is categorized under California law as a felony. This is so even when the current, so-called triggering, offense is…
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