In Re Cervera

Opinion

MOSK, J.

We granted review in this cause in order to settle an important issue arising under what is popularly, and singularly, known as the “Three *1075Strikes” law, a pair of statutes that are identical in part pertinent here, one enacted from a bill introduced in the Legislature (Stats. 1994, ch. 12, § 1, pp. 71-75, adding Pen. Code, § 667, subds. (b)-(i)), the other enacted from an initiative measure presented to the people (Prop. 184, § 1, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 8, 1994), adding Pen. Code, § 1170.12).

Notwithstanding any other law or provision of law, the Three Strikes…