California Court of Appeal

If a defendant-s current offense was committed on or after the effective date of Proposition 21, a determination whether the defendant-s prior conviction was for a serious felony within the meaning of the three strikes law must be based on the definition of serious felonies in Penal Code section 1192.7(c) in effect on March 8, 2000.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/27/2001
• Published 08/27/2001

Judges

• BOREN, Presiding Judge.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Brent Riggs and William Woods, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christan L. Ayers, Long Beach, for Defendant and Respondent.