What are the consequences of sentencing enhancements under section 667, subdivision 667.5, subdivision (a)(1) of the California Criminal Code?

It is permissible to impose enhancements under both sections 667, subdivision (a)(1) and 667.5, subdivision (b), if the enhancements are based on multiple prior convictions that are part of one prison term. (See, e.g., People v. Ruiz (1996) 44 Cal.App.4th 1653, 1666-1671.) That is not the situation here. In this case, each prison term (in 1993 for attempted robbery and in 1998 for first degree burglary) was based on one serious felony (robbery and burglary). At sentencing, the trial court imposed two 5-year prior serious felony conviction enhancements pursuant to section 667, subdivision (a)(1).