Can a defendant who has a prior conviction for assault be sentenced to double the amount of time he would otherwise receive under the Three Strikes Act?

Under the Three Strikes law ( 667, subds. (b)-(i)), a defendant who has been convicted of a felony and who has previously been convicted of a serious or violent felony, is to be sentenced to double the amount of time he or she would otherwise receive. ( 667, subd. (e)(1).) Nonetheless, the trial court has the authority to strike in the furtherance of justice, a prior felony conviction under the Three Strikes law. (People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497, 529-530 (Romero).) Defendant invited the trial court to strike his prior felony "strike" conviction pursuant to section 1385.