| "As much as I dislike the law and would change it if were to have the power, I don't think that I can exercise discretion to strike a strike in this case... The only breaks in (the defendant's) law-breaking record is when he's in custody or in camp or in prison." |
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| JUDGE ARTHUR JEAN, March 21, 1997, while sentencing Ronnie Williams to 25 years to life for forging a
check. Williams, now 31, had four burglaries, two robberies and one count of receiving stolen property on his record. His first two burglary convictions were commiffed at ages 14 and 15. |
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