Does the term "serious" apply to defendant in the context of Section 667 of the California Penal Code?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Harrison, 150 Cal.App.3d 1142, 198 Cal.Rptr. 762 (Cal. App. 1984):

Defendant's crime was committed in September 1982, several months after the passage of Proposition 8. The provisions of that initiative measure therefore apply to defendant. (People v. Smith (1983) 34 Cal.3d 251, 257-258, 193 Cal.Rptr. 692, 667 P.2d 149.) Proposition 8 enacted Penal Code section 667, set out in full in the margin, which provides for enhancement of prison sentences for those convicted of serious felonies who have previously been convicted of serious felonies. ¹ The term "serious

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