California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Franklin, 185 Cal.App.3d 285, 222 Cal.Rptr. 373 (Cal. App. 1986):
3 "Section 667 provides a five-year enhancement for repeat offenders convicted of a serious felony who have been previously convicted of another serious felony. The term 'serious felony' is defined by reference to subdivision (c) of section 1192.7 which lists 25 items. Both of these statutes were enacted by the Proposition 8 voter, initiative, which became effective on June 9, 1982." (People v. Arwood (1985) 165 Cal.App.3d 167, 170, fn. 2, 211 Cal.Rptr. 307, citation omitted.)
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