Supreme Court of California

When imposing an indeterminate third strike sentence under the Three Strikes law, prior conviction enhancements can be applied individually to increase the principal or subordinate term imposed for each new offense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/18/2004
• Published 10/18/2004

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Beatrice C. Tillman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Diego;  Lynne G. McGinnis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Steven T. Oetting, Pamela Ratner Sobeck, Laura D. Stilwell and Lise Jacobson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.