California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harris, B280335 (Cal. App. 2018):
After denying defendant's motion to dismiss his prior strikes under People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497, the court sentenced him to an aggregate term of 25 years plus 50 years to life in state prison. For count 1, the court sentenced defendant to 15 years plus 25 years to lifea third-strike term of 25 years to life, plus 10 years for the firearm enhancement ( 12022.53, subd. (b)) and five years for the serious-felony prior ( 667, subd. (a)(1)). For count 2, the court sentenced defendant to 10 years plus 25 years to life, to run consecutivelya third-strike term of 25 years to life plus 10 years for the firearm enhancement ( 12022.53, subd. (b)). For count 3, the court sentenced defendant to 364 days in county jail to run concurrently with the sentence in count 1. The court
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dismissed the section 667.5, subdivision (b) prior prison term enhancement. This timely appealed followed.4
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