In a life sentence for a recidivist convicted of the same crime under the TSRA, under what circumstances would the sentence be reduced to life imprisonment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Drew, 16 Cal.App.5th 253, 224 Cal.Rptr.3d 237 (Cal. App. 2017):
People v. Yearwood (2013) 213 Cal.App.4th 161, 167168, 151 Cal.Rptr.3d 901.) Under the reforms adopted by the TSRA, however, life sentences were limited to cases where the new crime was a serious or violent felony or the prosecution pled and proved an enumerated disqualifying factor; in all other cases, the recidivist would be sentenced as a second strike offender. ( Ibid . )
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