California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Baca, 48 Cal.App.4th 1703, 56 Cal.Rptr.2d 445 (Cal. App. 1996):
The case was tried to a jury. Appellant, apparently aware of his right to seek bifurcation of the prior convictions allegations (see People v. Bracamonte (1981) 119 Cal.App.3d 644, 649, 174 Cal.Rptr. 191), elected not to do so. The jury convicted appellant of both counts and found all of the special allegations to be true. Appellant was sentenced on Count I to 25 years to life plus two years for prior prison term enhancements. He was sentenced to a two-year term on Count II, to be concurrent with the Count I term. Imposition of sentence for other prior prison term enhancements was stayed. Appellant has filed a timely notice of appeal.
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