People v. Sasser

Opinion

LIU, J.

When a defendant with one prior “strike” is convicted of a subsequent felony, the second strike provision of the “Three Strikes” law requires that he be sentenced to “twice the term otherwise provided as punishment for the current felony conviction.” (Pen. Code,- § 667, subd. (e)(1); all subsequent statutory references are to this code.) If the current offense is a serious felony, he is also subject to a five-year prior serious felony enhancement on top of that doubled term. (§ 667, subd. (a)(1).) In cases where the second strike offender has only one current offense, the…