California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bridgeman, C071832 (Cal. App. 2015):
Defendant waived his right to a jury trial on the prior serious felony conviction allegations. The trial court found the allegations to be true. It denied defendant's motion under People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497 to dismiss the prior serious felony conviction allegations, and rejected defendant's claim that a life sentence would be cruel and unusual punishment. The trial court sentenced defendant to a determinate term of 30 years in prison, consecutive to an indeterminate term of 225 years to life in prison. On counts one, five and seven, the trial court imposed a consecutive term of 75 years to life in prison on each count pursuant to the one strike law and the
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