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Title: People V. Nguyen
Author : In the Supreme Court of California
Release Date : January 02, 2009
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 82 KB

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California's Three Strikes Law (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d))*fn1 increases the maximum sentence for an adult felony offense upon proof that the defendant has suffered one or more qualifying ―prior felony convictions‖ - a term that specifically includes certain prior criminal adjudications sustained by the defendant, while a minor, under the juvenile court law. (§§ 667, subd. (d)(3), 1170.12, subd. (b)(3); see Welf. & Inst. Code, § 601 et seq.) Does the United States Constitution allow such use of a prior juvenile adjudication even though there was no right to a jury trial in the juvenile proceeding? Like the majority of recent decisions to address the issue, we conclude the answer is yes.