People v. Thoma

Opinion

YEGAN, J.

William Louis Thoma appeals from the judgment entered following his guilty plea to possession of methamphetamine. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a).) He was sentenced to prison as a “two-striker” and contends that his 1995 prior conviction of driving under the influence causing “bodily injury” in violation of Vehicle Code section 23153, subdivision (a), does not constitute a strike within the meaning of California’s “Three Strikes” law. (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12.) 1 The issue is whether the record of the 1995 conviction, which was based on a guilty…