P. v. Blanco CA2/5
The jury found defendant and appellant Norman Blanco guilty of possession of contraband in prison. (Pen. Code, § 4573.6, subd. (a).) In a bifurcated bench trial, the trial court found true the allegation that Blanco had suffered a prior serious or violent felony conviction within the meaning of the three strikes law. (§§ 667, subds. (b)–(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)–(d).)
The court denied Blanco’s motion to strike his prior strike conviction under Romero, and sentenced him to six years in state prison, consisting of the middle term of three years, doubled pursuant to the three strikes law. The court ordered this six-year sentence to run consecutive to the term of imprisonment Blanco was serving at the time of the instant offense.
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