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California Three Strikes Sentencing is a comprehensive study of the application of the California three strikes law. Each paragraph of the statutes is analyzed in the context of more than 350 published appellate decisions. Detailed narratives explain which crimes qualify as strikes, how they are proved, how they may be stricken, and how strike sentences are calculated. It includes: Statutes of the three strikes law Qualifying prior convictions and adjudications Characteristics of strike prior convictions Pleading and proof of prior convictions Challenges to the validity of prior convictions General sentencing principles for all three strikes cases Calculation of sentence with one or more prior strikes Multiple count and multiple case sentencing Discretion in the pleading and plea bargaining Authority of courts to dismiss strikes (Penal Code 1385) Specification of offense as misdemeanor Constitutional issues Miscellaneous three strikes issues Petition for resentencing (Penal Code 1170.126)
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