What is the current sentence for a defendant who has two or more prior convictions for violent and serious felonies?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Laster, B298348 (Cal. App. 2020):
On November 6, 2012 the voters approved Proposition 36, the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012. (See People v. Valencia (2017) 3 Cal.5th 347, 350.) "Prior to its amendment by [Proposition 36], the Three Strikes law required that a defendant who had two or more prior convictions of violent or serious felonies receive a third strike sentence of a minimum of 25 years to life for any current felony conviction, even if the current
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