What are the elements of the legislative and initiative versions of the three strikes laws?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Franklin, 57 Cal.App.4th 68, 66 Cal.Rptr.2d 742 (Cal. App. 1997):
3 In our discussion of the issues raised on this appeal we will specifically cite to only the legislative version ( 667, subds. (b) through (i)) of the three strikes laws. There are "no significant differences" between the legislative and initiative ( 1170.12) renditions of these laws "regarding the provisions at issue here...." (People v. Superior Court (Perez) (1995) 38 Cal.App.4th 347, 351, fn. 2, 45 Cal.Rptr.2d 107.)
4 The crime of grand theft of a firearm is now found in section 487, subdivision (d).
5 Section 17, subdivision (b), provides in part:
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