ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND VACATING SENTENCE
LETTS, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Petitioner Michael Banyard was arrested for possessing a fraction of a gram of rock cocaine, which he had just purchased and which was enough only for a single use. Banyard, however, was charged under the California Three Strikes Law ("Three Strikes Law") and was determined by the sentencing court to have had two prior "serious felony" convictions...
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