P. v. Castleman
Defendant was convicted of sale or transportation of heroin, possession of methamphetamine, and providing false information to a police officer after he was found to be storing a significant quantity of narcotics in his pants and jacket. As a result of three prior convictions for robbery, defendant was sentenced under the “Three Strikes†law (Pen. Code, § 667, subds. (b)–(i)) to a term of 25 years to life imprisonment. Defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his requests to represent himself at trial and to appoint substitute counsel and in granting his request for a mistrial. He also contends his sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment and asserts the court should have stricken his prior robbery convictions. We affirm.
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