Legal Opinion
Teal v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided November 6, 2014No. S211708PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHIN, J.
On November 6, 2012, the California electorate approved Proposition 36, otherwise known as the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (the Act), which became effective the next day. Before the Act’s passage, the “Three Strikes” law provided that a recidivist offender with two or more qualifying strikes was subject to an indeterminate life sentence if the offender was convicted for any new felony offense. (See People v. Yearwood (2013) 213 Cal.App.4th 161, 167-168 [151 Cal.Rptr.3d 901].) The Act amended the Three Strikes law so that an indeterminate life sentence may only be imposed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. WendeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
- People v. GamacheCalifornia Supreme Court · 2010
- People v. YearwoodCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2013
- People v. TotariCalifornia Supreme Court · 2002
- People v. MazuretteCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
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3Cited by117 opinions
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