[Download] "People V. Felix" by California Supreme Court ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People V. Felix
- Author : California Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 30, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
Description
Under California's Determinate Sentencing Act (DSA), when a court imposes consecutive prison terms for two or more determinate counts, one term becomes the principal term, and the rest are subordinate terms. The court may also impose sentence enhancements for any of the counts for conduct such as using a firearm while committing the crime. Generally, the court imposes the full enhancement for the principal term but only one-third of the enhancement for a subordinate term for a violent felony. In this case, the court imposed a life sentence for premeditated attempted murder consecutively to a sentence for first degree murder. It also imposed full firearm use enhancements for both crimes. The full enhancement was clearly proper for the murder charge. The issue here is whether the court correctly imposed the full term for the enhancement for the attempted murder or should instead have imposed only one-third of that term.