Does a prior qualifying conviction need to be brought and tried separately from another qualifying conviction to be counted as a separate strike?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mendes, F067895 (Cal. App. 2016):
In general, "a prior qualifying conviction need not have been brought and tried separately from another qualifying conviction in order to be counted as a separate strike...." (People v. Fuhrman (1997) 16 Cal.4th 930, 932.) Vargas carved an exception under a particular set of circumstances and held two prior convictions cannot constitute
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