Legal Opinion
People v. Carothers
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided July 12, 2017No. C078874PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*673HOCH, J.
*462Defendant Bobby Gene Carothers, currently serving a prison term of 25 years to life imposed in 2008 under the three strikes law, appeals from the denial of his petition for resentencing under Proposition 36, the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 6, 2012) (the Act)). He contends the trial court erred in finding he was not eligible for resentencing because he was convicted of murder in Texas in 1978. Under the Act, a prior conviction for a number of enumerated offenses, including "[a]ny homicide offense, including any attempted homicide offense,…
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