Certiorari denied.
Opinion of JUSTICE STEVENS, with whom JUSTICE SOUTER and JUSTICE GINSBURG join, respecting the denial of the petition for a writ of certiorari.
This pro se petition for certiorari raises a serious question concerning the application of California's "three strikes" law, Cal. Penal Code Ann. §667 (West Supp. 1998), to petty offenses.
In 1995, petitioner stole a bottle of vitamins from a supermarket. The California Court...
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