P. v. Estis
Pursuant to a negotiated disposition, appellant Chad Edward Estis pleaded no contest as charged to robbery as a serious felony, conditioned on receiving a sentence of no more than six years if the alleged prior juvenile adjudication were valid and not to exceed three years if the prior were invalid or stricken. Over appellants objection under Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000) 530 U.S. 466 (Apprendi),[1] the court found the prior juvenile adjudication to be a true and valid strike. It sentenced appellant to a four-year state prison term (double the two-year lower term for robbery). Appellant challenges the use of the prior juvenile adjudication to enhance his sentence because he had no right to a jury trial in that earlier juvenile proceeding. Court affirm.
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