People v. Miles

Opinion

BAXTER, J.

After a jury convicted defendant of multiple felony offenses, a court trial was held on the allegation, for purposes of sentencing under the “Three Strikes” law (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subds. (d), (e), 1170.12, subds. (b), (c)), that he had suffered two prior “ ‘serious felony’ ” convictions (id., § 1192.7, subd. (c)), including a 1976 federal conviction under 18 United States Code section 2113(a). One of the two distinct offenses set forth in section 2113(a), as in effect in 1976, was the taking, or attempted taking, of bank property from the person or presence of another by…