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INTRODUCTION

A jury convicted defendant Barry Allen Turnage of maliciously placing a false or facsimile bomb in 2006 with the intent to cause others to fear for their safety (Pen. Code, § 148.1, subd. (d)),1 found he was legally sane at the time of the commission of the offense, and found he had two prior convictions that came within the meaning of section 667, subdivision (d). Based on the evidence it heard at trial regarding the present

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1 offense, the trial court found that defendant violated his probation in a 2004 drug case, in which there was a suspended imposition of sentence. The court sentenced defendant to state prison for the upper term on the 2004 offense, with a consecutive indeterminate prison term of 25 years to life for the present offense. (§ 667, subd. (e)(2)(A)(ii).) Defendant appealed, contending: 1) his felony sentence for placing a false bomb violated his constitutional right to equal protection, because placing a false weapon of mass destruction under similar circumstances (without causing “sustained fear”) is only a misdemeanor (§§ 11418.1, 11418.5, subd. (b)), and to due process, because “false…