P. v. Reese
A jury convicted defendant Jemal Suyin Reese on one count of possession of a controlled substance (cocaine) in violation of Health and Safety Code section 11350, subdivision (a). In a bifurcated proceeding, the trial court found defendant had suffered a prior serious or violent felony conviction for voluntary manslaughter within the meaning of the “Three Strikes†law (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subds. (a), (b)-(i), 1170.12) and had served a separate prison term for a felony (id., § 667.5, subd. (b)). Defendant was sentenced to an aggregate state prison term of seven years.
On appeal, defendant contends the trial court abused its discretion in declining to dismiss his prior strike in the interest of justice. Defendant also asks that we review an in camera proceeding conducted by the trial court to determine whether it properly concluded there was no discoverable material to which he was legally entitled under Evidence Code sections 1043 and 1045 and Pitchess v. Superior Court (1974) 11 Cal.3d 531. We affirm.
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