People v. Keith
Annotate this CaseA jury convicted Keith and Stokes, of cocaine base possession for sale and cocaine base transportation or sale, Health & Saf. Code 11351.5,11352(a). They committed these crimes on March 24, 2013. Effective January 1, 2015, Health and Safety Code section 11351.5 was amended to reduce the punishment to two, three or four years in custody. Keith was sentenced to eight years in the county jail; the high term of five years for possession of cocaine base for sale, plus three years under Health and Safety Code section 11370.2(a). Stokes had a prior serious or violent felony conviction, Pen. Code 667(b)-(i), 1170.12, and was sentenced to 12 years in state prison. The court of appeal affirmed Keith’s conviction but reversed the sentence. Keith is to be sentenced under the 2015 amendment. As to Stokes, the court affirmed the judgment but directed that the abstract of judgment be amended to include the orally imposed penalty assessments.
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