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