What is the impact of the Three Strikes law on sentencing of a convicted rapist?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ross, B263980 (Cal. App. 2017):
The Three Strikes law limits a sentencing court's discretion to strike a prior serious or violent felony conviction. (People v. Carmony (2004) 33 Cal.4th 367, 377-378.) The court must consider such factors as the nature and circumstances of the defendant's present felony and prior serious or violent felony
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