When a defendant is sentenced consecutively for multiple criminal convictions in separate criminal proceedings, can the sentence be reduced to one-third of the midterm term?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brantley, 257 Cal.Rptr.3d 97, 43 Cal.App.5th 917 (Cal. App. 2019):
People v. Baker (2002) 144 Cal.App.4th 1320, 1328-1329, 53 Cal.Rptr.3d 56 ["when a defendant is sentenced consecutively for multiple convictions occurring in different proceedings, the second court designates the longest term as the principal term, and any other consecutive term is considered a subordinate term, for which the sentence can be no more than one-third the midterm for the offense"].)
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