Does a reduction in the severity of a prior serious felony conviction need to be treated separately as a separate criminal enhancement?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lawrence, 62 Cal.App.4th 1029, 73 Cal.Rptr.2d 137 (Cal. App. 1998):
Separate enhancements are proper for discrete prior serious felony convictions. (Pen.Code 667, subd. (a); People v. Dotson (1997) 16 Cal.4th 547, 559-560, 66 Cal.Rptr.2d 423, 941 P.2d 56.)
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