People v. Superior Court (Williams)

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1999, real party in interest Sylvester Williams 1 was convicted of indecent exposure with a prior conviction (Pen. Code, § 314, subd. (1)). 2 As a result of prior strike convictions, he was sentenced to 25 years to life under a former version of the Three Strikes law, plus an additional two years for two prior prison term enhancements. In 2012, Williams filed a petition for recall of sentence under the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (the Three Strikes Reform Act or Reform Act) (Prop. 36, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 6, 2012)). Under the Reform Act, some third strike defendants whose current offense is not a serious or violent felony “are excepted from the provision imposing an indeterminate life sentence [citation] and are instead sentenced in

1 Williams is also referred to in the record as Sylester Williams. 2 All further statutory references are to Penal Code. the same way as second strike defendants [citation]: that is, they receive a term equal to ‘twice the term otherwise provided as punishment for the current felony conviction’ [citation].” (People v. Conley (2016) 63 Cal.4th 646, 653 (Conley).) Eligible defendants may seek resentencing…