Hello my name is Chris Morales, I am a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco, California. I am a board certified specialist in criminal law. Today I want to talk about which crimes are strike felonies in the state of California. So there are three types of crimes in California. There are infractions which are lowest level of crimes. Those are speeding tickets those are disturbing the peace and the maximum punishment for an infractions are a fine only. A person cannot go to jail for being convicted for an infraction.
Now stepping up from an infraction are misdemeanors. And all misdemeanors the maximum penalty one year in the county jail. After that there are regular felonies where you can spend several years in state prison. Then there are strike felonies which are the most serious type of felonies. Many strike felonies are violent or serious felonies such as robbery, murder, attempted robbery, rape even burglary going into someones house and stealing stuff is a strike in California. So if you accumulate three strikes in California you are eligible for the three strike law,
which means you will get 25 to life if convicted. If you are convicted of two strikes you are eligible for the second strike case. In which normal term for the felony that you are arrested on is doubled and you have to serve 80%. In other words if the strike is a burglary where the maximum penalty is 6 years that is doubled to 12 years. You then have to spend 80% of that time in state prison. So strike felonies are the most serious type of felonies in California, but the law is changing constantly on the law of strikes.
For updated information as to the law of strike please visit my website and my blog. My website is www.sfcriminallawspecialist.com from the home page of my website you can go to my blog and learn more about strikes. Also follow me on Twitter and Facebook. And if you have any questions about strikes in California please call me at (415) 552 -1215.
California’s Three Strikes Sentencing Laws
Criminal Defense Attorney – Christopher Morales
Practice Area: The San Francisco Bay Area, California
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