California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sixta, E066082 (Cal. App. 2018):
The maximum punishment for a violation of section 288 is eight years. ( 288, subd. (a); People v. Ortega (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 1418, 1428.) However, under section 667.61, otherwise known as the One Strike law, an offender who suffers convictions of section 288 violations "in the present case" against "more than one victim" is subject to a sentence of life imprisonment. ( 667.61, subds. (b), (c)(4), (e)(4).)
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