People v. Hicks

Opinion

ROBIE, J.

In 2008, a trial court sentenced defendant Tyrea Kinte Hicks to 25 years to life in prison under the three strikes law for being a felon in possession of a firearm and a concurrent sentence of 25 years to life (that was later stayed by this court) for being a felon in possession of ammunition, after a jury had found defendant guilty of those crimes.

In 2012, defendant filed a petition for resentencing under the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 1 (the Act). Under the Act, “prisoners currently serving sentences of 25 years to life for a third felony conviction which was not a…