P. v. Beltran
The charges were tried to a jury in 1999. The jury found defendant guilty of vehicular manslaughter and evading a police officer causing injury.[2] The jury also found true certain enhancement allegations alleged in the information against defendant, namely, that he personally inflicted great bodily injury in the commission of the evading an officer offense (§ 12022.7(c)) and that he had suffered two prior felony convictions within the meaning of sections 667(b)-(i) and 1170.12 (commonly referred to as the “Three Strikes law”). The trial court ultimately sentenced defendant to two concurrent terms of 25 years to life in prison.[3]
Years later, in 2013, defendant petitioned for recall of his sentence under section 1170.126, which was enacted in 2012 as part of Proposition 36, the Three Strikes Reform Act. The District Attorney opposed the petition, arguing defendant was ineligible for relief under section 1170.126, subdivision (b) because the commitment offenses of
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