Convictions Upheld in ‘Three-Strikes’ Case
An Orange County Superior Court jury on Wednesday upheld four previous convictions against a man who faces a possible 25-year-to-life sentence under the state’s “three strikes†law for a crime spree that included holding a gun to a sheriff’s deputy’s face.
James Jay Hunt, 42, was found guilty Tuesday of seven felonies, including a 1995 assault on the deputy in Santa Ana Heights. The same jury, following a short proceeding Wednesday, returned with a verdict upholding a string of prior felony convictions including burglary, possession of stolen property, and a 1973 robbery that make Hunt eligible for 25 years to life.
Hunt, who was living in a Westminster motel when he was arrested, faces a hearing before a judge in June involving another prior conviction, and sentencing at a date to be set later.
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