39 Cal. 4th 548 - People v. Warner’s Empirical Analysis

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28 state decisions

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1. “Whether a crime qualifies as a serious felony is determined by section 1192.7, subdivision (c), which lists and describes dozens of qualifying crimes, including murder, robbery, kidnapping, and forcible sexual assaults. [Citation.] 'Under our sentencing laws, foreign convictions may qualify as serious felonies, with all the attendant consequences for sentencing, if they satisfy certain conditions. For a prior felony conviction from another jurisdiction to support a serious-felony sentence enhancement, the out-of-state crime must "include[ ] all of the elements of any serious felony”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Johnson · People v. Johnson

2. “For criminal sentencing purposes in this state, the term 'serious felony' is a term of art. Severe consequences can follow if a criminal offender, presently convicted of a felony, is found to have suffered a prior conviction for a serious felony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Johnson · People v. Johnson

3. “the offender is subject to a five-year enhancement term to be served consecutively to the regular sentence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Johnson · People v. Johnson