Posted On: October 13, 2009
CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: TRIPLING LIFE SENTENCES? NO!
TRIPLING LIFE SENTENCES
The defendant here got life without parole (LWOP); tripled! Hey, he had many strike priors. The Court of Appeal says that the strike law provides for doubling of determinate terms and the minimum terms of indeterminate sentences. The same rule applies here. Since the sentence was indeterminate, it doesn't get tripled.
People v. Coyle; 2009 DJ DAR 14737; DJ, 10/13/09; C/A 3rd
