What is the definition of a violent crime offence and what is the effect of it?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Flowers, 132 Cal.App.3d 584, 183 Cal.Rptr. 276 (Cal. App. 1982):
5 The definition itself was fashioned for yet a third purpose: the enhancement of sentences for persons who had served prior prison terms for violent felonies." (People v. Hernandez, supra, 30 Cal.3d at p. 467, 179 Cal.Rptr. 239, 637 P.2d 706.)
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