P. v. Brown
On December 16, 2011, an information charged defendant and appellant Christopher Lee Brown with robbery under Penal Code[1] section 211. The information also alleged that defendant had served three prior prison terms under section 667.5, subdivision (b). Moreover, the information alleged that defendant previously had been convicted of a serious or violent felony, which constituted a strike prior under section 667, subdivisions (c) and (e)(1), and section 1170.12, subdivision (c)(1). The information further alleged that defendant had a prior conviction for a serious felony under section 667, subdivision (a). The information was subsequently amended to allege that defendant had a second strike prior.
On March 12, 2012, jury trial commenced. Three days later, the jury found defendant guilty of robbery in violation of section 211.[2]
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