P. v. Kimble
A jury found defendant Kelly Vaughn Kimble guilty of stalking. The court found he had two prior strikes (including one for criminal threats) and had served a prior prison term. The court sentenced him to prison for 25 years to life plus 1 year. On appeal, defendant contends the court erred in using his criminal threats conviction as a strike. In his view, the court should have limited use of his criminal threats conviction to enhance his sentence pursuant to the punishment provision of the stalking statute itself.
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