C.A. Resolves Ambiguity in Statute on Striking Dated Priors
A statute that discourages the use of a prior for enhancement purposes when the former conviction occurred more than five years earlier is ambiguous but should be interpreted to refer to a period that ends upon commission of the current offense and not when the conviction or sentencing takes place, Div. Three of this district’s Court of Appeal has held.
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