Legal Opinion

People v. Lyons

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 7, 1999No. F028298PublishedCited by 7 opinions

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

WISEMAN, J.

Introduction

Defendant used a firearm in the commission of several robberies in May of 1996. Because he had two prior strike convictions under Penal Code 1 sections 667 and 1170.12, defendant received an indeterminate term of 125 years to life in prison, plus a determinate term of 33 years. In the published portion of this case we reject defendant’s contention that enhancements to his prison sentence for firearm use should have been reduced to one-third the middle term. We hold the trial court correctly added full-term firearm-use enhancements to defendant’s indeterminate…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. ScottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
  2. People v. DotsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  3. People v. MustafaaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
  4. People v. DayCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981
  5. People v. JacksonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1993

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
  2. People v. GarzaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2003
  3. People v. Minifie, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  4. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
  5. P. v. Chestang CA4/1California Court of Appeal · 2013

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