California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Stanley, A149507 (Cal. App. 2018):
alleged against him so that he may calculate his potential prison exposure. (See People v. Mancebo, supra, 27 Cal.4th at p. 752 ["[I]n many instances a defendant's decision whether to plea bargain or go to trial will turn on the extent of his exposure to a lengthy prison term. Under the People's position, there would be less incentive to plea bargain since the defendant would not be informed in advance of trial or sentencing that the prosecution intends to rely on the fact of convictions of offenses against multiple victims in support of a harsher One Strike term."].)
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