P. v. Kennedy CA5
Defendant James Kennedy, a prison inmate, punched a correctional officer in the face. He was thereafter charged with and convicted by jury of battery by a prisoner on a nonconfined person, in violation of Penal Code section 4501.5. In a bifurcated proceeding, the jury also found true that defendant suffered five prior serious and/or violent felony convictions within the meaning of the Three Strikes law. (§§ 667, subds. (b)–(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)–(e).) Defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 25 years to life, to be served consecutive to his previously imposed prison sentence.
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