Criminal Practice Series
California Three Strikes Sentencing
by Judge J. Richard Couzens (Ret.) and Justice Tricia A. Bigelow
The most comprehensive book written on the application of the California Three Strikes Law. Each paragraph of the statute is analyzed in the context of over 350 published appellate decisions. Detailed narrative explains which crimes qualify as strikes, how they are proved, how they may be stricken and how strike
sentences are calculated.
Summary of Contents
- Three Strikes Statutes
- Qualifying Prior Convictions and Adjudications
- Characteristics of Strike Prior Convictions
- Pleading and Proof of Prior Convictions
- Challenges to 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 Pleading and Plea Bargaining
- Authority of Courts to Dismiss Strikes (Penal Code §1385)
- Specification of Offense as Misdemeanor
- Constitutional Issues
- Miscellaneous Three Strikes Issues
- APPENDIX A: Summary of Discretionary Sentencing Decisions
- APPENDIX B: Judicial Scripts for Three Strikes Cases
Table of Laws and Rules
Table of Cases
Index
Available Format: Print
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