P. v. Hansen CA5
Defendant Raymond Hansen, Jr., entered into a negotiated plea agreement in which he pled no contest to felony hit and run with injury (Veh. Code, § 20001, subd. (a); count I) and admitted a prior prison term enhancement (Pen. Code, § 667.5, former subd. (b)). (Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.) Pursuant to the agreement, the court sentenced defendant to a stipulated term of four years plus a consecutive one-year term for the prior prison term enhancement, for a total term of five years. After defendant was sentenced, the Legislature enacted Senate Bill No. 136 (2019–2020 Reg. Sess.) (Senate Bill 136), which provides a prior prison term enhancement will only apply if a defendant served the prior prison term for a qualifying “sexually violent offense” as that phrase is defined in Welfare and Institutions Code section 6600, subdivision (b).
On appeal, defendant asks us to apply Senate Bill 136 retroactively and strike his prior prison term enhancement. The P
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