People v. Jackson CA2/1

BACKGROUND

In 1999, appellant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 1150) and, because he was found to have two prior “strike” convictions, was sentenced under the “Three Strikes” law (§§ 667, 1170.12) to an indeterminate life term, with a 25-year minimum term. In November 2012, the voters of this state enacted Proposition 36, which amended the Three Strikes law to limit sentences to current convictions for serious or violent felonies and a limited number of other felonies, unless the offender has a prior strike conviction that falls within one of several enumerated categories. (§§ 667, 1170.12.) The amended Three Strikes law establishes a procedure for qualified inmates serving indeterminate life sentences under the Three Strikes law to seek resentencing under the terms of the amended law. (§ 1170.126.)

1 Statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. 2 On April 1, 2015, appellant submitted a second supplemental brief that was essentially identical to his first supplemental brief except that it cites to section 1170.18, subdivision (f), which was amended in November 2014 by the passage of Proposition 47. We deny…