People v. Super. Ct.
Opinion
Opinion
Filed 1/6/15
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
THE PEOPLE,
Petitioner, E060260
v. (Super.Ct.No. RIF076640)
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF OPINION
RIVERSIDE COUNTY,
Respondent;
MICHAEL DEONTRAY WILLIAMS,
Real Party in Interest.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS; petition for writ of mandate and/or prohibition.
Michele Levine, Judge. Petition granted.
Paul E. Zellerbach, District Attorney, and Emily R. Hanks, Deputy District
Attorney, for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
1 Steven L. Harmon, Public Defender, and William A. Meronek, Deputy Public
Defender, for Real Party in Interest.
Under the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (Prop. 36, as approved by voters,
Gen. Elec. (Nov. 6, 2012)) (the Act), “prisoners currently serving sentences of 25 years to
life for a third felony conviction which was not a serious or violent felony may seek court
review of their indeterminate sentences and, under certain circumstances, obtain
resentencing as if they had only one prior serious or violent…