Legal Opinion

People v. Francis

California Court of Appeal, 5th District

Decided October 31, 2017No. B270470PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLavin, J.

*879INTRODUCTION

The Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act (the STEP Act) imposes an additional penalty on any defendant who commits a felony to benefit a criminal street gang. The length of the sentence enhancement depends on whether the felony is serious, violent, or non-serious and nonviolent. Defendant Trevaun Ian Francis *6581 was convicted of a serious felony with gang and gun enhancements. Thus, the gang enhancement for serious felonies applied. Under the circumstances of this case, however, the court could not impose both the gun enhancement and *880the serious-felony gang enhancement. (…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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