People v. Equarte

Opinion

GRODIN, J.

We granted review in this case and in People v. Piper, post, page 471 [229 Cal.Rptr. 125, 722 P.2d 899], to resolve a conflict in Court *459of Appeal opinions concerning the proper interpretation of several recidivist sentencing provisions—adopted in 1982 as part of Proposition 8—which authorize an additional five-year sentence for defendants convicted of statutorily designated “serious felonies.” (Pen. Code, §§ 667, 1192.7, subd. (c).)1 Here, defendant, convicted of assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)), contends that the trial court erred in concluding that the…