California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sledge, 186 Cal.Rptr.3d 9, 235 Cal.App.4th 1191 (Cal. App. 2015):
A jury convicted defendant of possession of a fictitious instrument ( 476), check forgery ( 470, subd. (a)), and second degree burglary ( 459 & 460, subd. (b)). The court found true the additional allegations defendant had previously suffered three serious or violent convictions, two for residential burglary and one for assault with a deadly weapon. The court sentenced defendant to a term of 25 years to life. The judgment was affirmed on appeal. (People v. Sledge (Feb. 27, 2001, D036483) [nonpub. opn.] (Sledge I ).)
2. Defendant's Prior Offenses2
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