Legal Opinion

People v. Shannon

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 4, 1998No. B112321PublishedCited by 14 opinions

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

ORTEGA, J.

Defendant Jeffrey Antwan Shannon appeals from the judgment entered after his conviction by jury of petty theft with a prior. (Pen. Code, § 666.) 1 The trial court found Shannon had three prior felony convictions under the “Three Strikes” law (§ 667, subds. (b)-(i)), for one of which he served a prison term. (§ 667.5, subd. (b).) Shannon received a 25-year-to-life prison sentence.

The case arose when Shannon went into a department store, took clothes from a rack, hid them in a bag, and took them to a cashier. Falsely claiming ownership of the clothes, Shannon asked to exchange…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. TijerinaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
  2. People v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Callan v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
  4. People v. CreathCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
  5. People v. PostCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. LopezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  2. People v. MillerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
  3. Carrillo-Jaime v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
  4. Carrillo-Jaime v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
  5. Carrillo-Jaime v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009

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