Does the federal three-strikes law apply to a defendant who is convicted of a serious violent felony?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Morrison v. United States, Civil Case No. 16-cv-1517 DMS, Criminal Case No. 95-cr-0708 DMS (S.D. Cal. 2019):
The federal three-strikes law "enhances the sentence of a defendant who is convicted of a serious violent felony when the defendant previously was convicted of at least two other serious violent felonies." United States v. Kaluna, 192 F.3d 1188, 1195 (9th Cir. 1999); 18 U.S.C. 3559(c)(1)(A)(i). Section 3559(c)(2)(F) defines a "serious violent felony" as:
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