What is the definition of a "super strike" crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Shirley, B262383 (Cal. App. 2016):
3. The violent felonies identified in this section are commonly known as "'super strikes'" (People v. Bush (2016) 245 Cal.App.4th 992, 1003) because they are among the most serious of violent crimes, including homicide offenses, violent sexual offenses, assaults on a peace officer or firefighter with a machine gun, possessing a weapon of mass destruction, and any serious or violent offense punishable by life in prison or death.
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