Legal Opinion

In Re Preston

California Court of Appeal

Decided August 18, 2009No. A122583PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

McGUINESS, P. J.

Robert T. Preston petitions for postconviction relief challenging the sentence imposed by the trial court after his conviction for felony possession of counterfeiting apparatus. The court imposed an aggravated term of four years on the substantive offense and consecutive terms of one year for each of five prior prison terms pursuant to Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b). Preston presents various arguments in support of his contention that the court exceeded its jurisdiction by imposing sentence enhancements on the three earliest prior prison terms. We disagree,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Cunningham v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Hicks v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. In Re DixonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
  5. People v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. People v. AbdallahCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
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  3. People v. EvansCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
  4. People v. Williams, California Court of Appeal, 2nd District2016
  5. People v. JonesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016

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