What is the difference between Section 667.5, subdivision (b) of the California Criminal Code and section 667, subdivision 5, of the Criminal Code?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Price, D068238 (Cal. App. 2016):

The underlying purposes of sections 667.5, subdivision (b) and 667, subdivision (a) are different. (People v. Ruiz (1996) 44 Cal.App.4th 1653, 1668 (Ruiz).) "The purpose of section 667, subdivision (a) is to visit greater punishment on recidivists who commit serious felonies, while section 667.5, subdivision (b) was intended to provide for additional punishment of the felon whose prior prison term failed to deter him or her from future criminal conduct." (Ruiz, at p. 1668, citing People v. Medina (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 986, 991.) When a five-year serious prior felony and a one-year prior prison

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