Is there any case law where a defendant who has not been convicted of a violent crime prior to his strike has been found to be a victim of a previous violent crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ford, B279131 (Cal. App. 2017):
Strikes law's sentencing] scheme's spirit, in whole or in part, and hence should be treated as though he had not previously been convicted of one or more serious and/or violent felonies." (People v. Williams (1998) 17 Cal.4th 148, 161; accord, In re Large (2007) 41 Cal.4th 538, 552.)
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