Three Strike Crime
Challenges to California’s Three Strikes Law
What Is California’s Three Strikes Law? In 1994, California enacted the Three Strikes law. In essence, this law punished repeat offenders by increasing the sentencing terms for each subsequent crime after the first. The law grants that if you are convicted of a felony after you already have one prior conviction, you will be sentenced to state prison for twice the normal sentence for the crime committed. If you are…
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Recent Rulings Clarify California Three Strikes Reform Act
In 2012, voters passed Proposition 36, which aimed to reduce the harsh punishment imposed on those who received a third strike for a non-violent or non-serious offense. Under California Three Strikes Law, a strike will be added to your criminal record if you are convicted of a serious or violent felony. If you are convicted of three of these crimes, you will face 25 years to life in prison. Several…
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Judges ordered not to release prisoners under new three strikes law until prosecutors have notice and a full hearing takes place
If one of your loved ones is serving a "three strikes sentence" and wants to be released or be more favorably re-sentenced under the recently passed "Three Strikes Law", you are advised to immediately retain an experienced criminal defense attorney. Under the recently passed "Three Strikes Law", prisoners currently serving 25 years to life for a non-violent and non-serious third felony conviction may seek court review of their sentences. In…
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New Three Strikes Law under Proposition 36 Does Not Change the Law for All Persons with Two Strikes (California Penal Code 667)
Proposition 36 changed the prior Three Strikes Law, which allowed you to be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison if you had two prior "strike convictions" and were subsequently convicted of any other felony. Under the new Three Strikes Law if you have two prior strike convictions, but your current felony is not serious or violent you instead get a second strike sentence, which is double the usual…
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Your Life Sentence May Now Be Challenged Due To Proposition 36
Earlier this month, the voters of California approved Proposition 36, which modifies the limits of the California's "three-strike" statute, which will allow a more humane sentencing system in the state. Under the previous law, people would end up serving life sentences for crimes as minor as shoplifting. Proposition 36 amends the 1994 California three-strike law by eliminating the imposition of a 25 to life sentence for nonviolent crimes. Previously, a…
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Vote Yes On Proposition 36 And Help Change California’s Three Strikes Law
There is an important proposition on the November 2012 ballot in California. Proposition 36 seeks to alter California's Three Strikes Law. If Prop 36 passes, then it would require that the third strike be a serious or violent felony. California's Three Strikes Law, which was passed in 1994, mandates the courts in California to impose 25 years to life sentences to those offenders who have been convicted of three or…
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Juvenile “Strikes” Under California Law And Their Potential Impact On Future Felony Cases
The three-strikes law in California applies to many juvenile offenses listed under California Welfare & Institutions Code 707(b) and a juvenile who has a strike on their record as a result of a juvenile adjudication can be in serious trouble later in life if they are charged with any felony offense in the future. If admitted or found true, a strike can double any potential sentence and can lead to…
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The Three Strikes Law in California – How can it Impact my Criminal Case?
The Three Strikes Law, which was enacted when California voters approved Proposition 115 in 1994, is meant to impose severe punishment to those offenders who the courts consider to be "career criminals"-people who have committed and been convicted of 2 or more serious or violent felonies, and then go on to commit a third felony. That last felony does not need to be a serious or violent crime to constitute…
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Ballot Measure to Reform California’s 3 Strike Law Makes November Election
With California facing a budget crisis and our jails so horribly overcrowded that judges openly mock the "power" of sentencing people to jail time, there are currently people sitting in California jails serving 50 year sentences for shoplifting. While that may seem like some extreme propaganda used by criminal defense attorneys or the far left, the simple fact is, California's "three strikes" law is horribly flawed. It is so flawed,…
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What is a “Strike” offense in California
f you have been accused of committing a crime that is considered a "strike crime," you are facing very serious charges, especially if you already have one or more strikes on your criminal record. The three strikes law is a controversial law that has been in effect in California for over a decade. The law was passed in an effort to reduce crime throughout the state, by severely punishing repeat…
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