What is the effect of the Three Strikes Reform Act on a recidivist who is serving an indeterminate life sentence?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, G050211 (Cal. App. 2015):

Thus, the Three Strikes Reform Act "diluted the three strikes law by reserving the life sentence for cases where the current crime is a serious or violent felony or the prosecution has pled and proved an enumerated disqualifying factor. In all other cases, the recidivist will be sentenced as a second strike offender. [Citations.] The Act also created a postconviction release proceeding whereby a prisoner who is serving an indeterminate life sentence imposed pursuant to the three strikes law for a crime that is not a serious or violent felony and who is not disqualified, may have his or her sentence recalled and be sentenced as a second strike offender unless the court determines that resentencing would pose an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety." (People v. Yearwood (2013) 213 Cal.App.4th 161, 167-168.)

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