People v. Jefferson

Opinion

KENNARD, J.

The “Three Strikes and You’re Out Law” (Pen. Code, § 667, subds. (b)-(i), hereafter the Three Strikes law),1 requires that a defendant who is convicted of a felony and has a prior conviction for a “strike” (a violent or serious felony) be sentenced to double the prison term for the defendant’s “current felony conviction.” For instance, a defendant who has a prior strike and is convicted of a felony for which the prescribed sentence is nine years will have that sentence doubled to eighteen years. If the current felony is punished by an indeterminate term of imprisonment, the…