How have courts interpreted the effect of the Three Strikes law on a defendant's sentence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hollimon, G050259 (Cal. App. 2016):
Most recently, in People v. Marin (2015) 240 Cal.App.4th 1344, 1348, the trial court enhanced the defendant's sentence based on a jury finding that a prior conviction for vehicular manslaughter qualified as a strike under the Three Strikes law. The appellate court concluded that the evidence was insufficient to prove the defendant's
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