What is the range of enhancements to a sentence for making criminal threats?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dixon, B268722 (Cal. App. 2016):
prison terms. Pursuant to a plea agreement, the trial court sentenced appellant to a three-year upper term for making criminal threats, doubled that term pursuant to the Three Strikes law, and added four one-year enhancements for the prior prison terms pursuant to section 667.5, subdivision (b). (See People v. Dixon, supra, at pp. 2-3.)
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