| Three Strikes | | | | - Kidnapping. |
| The Three Strikes law significantly | | | | - Holding of a hostage by a person |
| increases the prison sentences of | | | | confined in a state prison. |
| persons convicted of felonies who have | | | | - Attempt to commit a felony punishable |
| been previously convicted of a violent | | | | by death or life imprisonment. |
| or serious felony, and limits the | | | | - Any felony in which the defendant |
| ability of these offenders to receive a | | | | personally used a dangerous or deadly |
| punishment other than a prison sentence. | | | | weapon selling, furnishing, |
| Violent and serious felonies are | | | | administering, giving or offering to |
| specifically listed in state law. | | | | sell, furnish administer or give to a |
| | | | minor, heroin, cocaine, phencyclidine |
| - Murder or involuntary manslaughter. | | | | (PCP), a methamphetamine-related drug, |
| - Mayhem. | | | | or a precursor of methamphetamine. |
| - Sodomy by force, violence, duress, | | | | - Any violation of subdivision (a) of |
| menace or fear of immediate bodily | | | | Section 289 where the act is |
| injury on the victim or another person. | | | | accomplished against the victim's will |
| - Oral copulation by force, violence, | | | | by force, violence, duress, menace, or |
| duress, menace or fear of immediate | | | | fear of immediate and unlawful bodily |
| bodily injury on the victim or another | | | | injury on the victim or another person. |
| person. | | | | - Grand theft involving a firearm. |
| - Lewd or lascivious act on a child | | | | - Any attempt to commit a crime listed |
| under the age of 14 years. | | | | in this subdivision other than an |
| - Any felony punishable by death or | | | | assault. |
| imprisonment for life. | | | | - Continuous sexual abuse of a child. |
| - Any other felony in which the | | | | Violent felonies |
| defendant personally inflicts great | | | | - Murder or manslaughter. |
| bodily injury on any person or | | | | - Mayhem. |
| personally uses a firearm. | | | | - Rape by force, violence, duress, |
| - Attempted murder. | | | | menace or fear of immediate bodily |
| - Assault with intent to commit rape or | | | | injury on the victim or another person. |
| robbery. | | | | - Oral copulation by force, violence, |
| - Assault with a deadly weapon or | | | | duress, menace or fear of immediate |
| instrument on a peace officer. | | | | bodily injury on the victim or another |
| - Assault by a life prisoner on a | | | | person. |
| non-inmate. | | | | - Lewd act on a child. |
| - Assault with a deadly weapon by an | | | | - Any felony punishable by death or life |
| inmate. | | | | sentence. |
| - Arson. | | | | - Any felony resulting in great bodily |
| - Exploding a destructive device or any | | | | injury or in which a firearm was used. |
| explosive with intent to injure. | | | | - Robbery of an inhabited dwelling, |
| - Exploding a destructive device or any | | | | vessel or trailer coach in which a |
| explosive causing great bodily injury or | | | | deadly or dangerous weapon was used. |
| mayhem. | | | | - Arson that causes great bodily injury. |
| - Exploding a destructive device or any | | | | - Penetration by a foreign object. |
| explosive with intent to murder. | | | | - Attempted murder. |
| - Burglary of an inhabited dwelling, | | | | - Explosion with intent to commit |
| house or trailer coach as defined by the | | | | murder. |
| Vehicle Code or inhabited portion of any | | | | - Out-of-state kidnapping transported to |
| other building. | | | | California. |
| - Robbery or bank robbery. | | | | - Continuous sexual abuse of a child. |