No bait and switch for sentence enhancement statutes

In Gautt v. Lewis, the Ninth Circuit granted the petition for habeas where the defendant had been charged with a sentence enhancement under one statute, but sentenced under another statute. As a result, the defendant was sentenced under a 25 year to life enhancement, instead of a 10 year enhancement.

 

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