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PRIOR CONVICTIONS OF
SEPARATE OFFENSES
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CHAPTER 4
PRIOR CONVICTIONS OF
SEPARATE OFFENSES
ยง4:10 MOTION TO DECLARE PRIOR CONVICTION UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ยง4:12 General Information
ยง4:12.1 Legal Framework
ยง4:12.2 Procedural Requirements and Limitations
ยง4:12.3 Burden of Proof on Defendant
ยง4:12.4 Not a Trial Motion
ยง4:12.5 Uncharged Convictions
ยง4:12.6 Three-Strikes Prior Convictions
ยง4:12.7 Constitutionality of Out-of-State Convictions
ยง4:13 The Record
ยง4:13.1 Getting the Record From the Rendering Court
ยง4:13.2 Checking the Record
ยง4:14 Allegation in Support
ยง4:14.1 Serve Five Days Before Hearing
ยง4:14.2 No Advice, Knowledge or Waiver
ยง4:14.3 Silent Record Can Show Lack of Actual Waiver
ยง4:14.4 Prejudice
ยง4:14.5 Clientโ€™s Recollection and Testimony
ยง4:14.6 Defendantโ€™s Declaration Not Required
ยง4:14.7 Form for Allegation in Support
ยง4:14.8 Form for Alternative Allegation in Support
ยง4:15 Notice; General Points and Authorities
ยง4:15.1 No Advice, Knowledge or Waiver of Constitutional Rights
ยง4:15.2 No Verbatim Record
ยง4:15.3 No Inquiry and Finding That Rights Waiver
Was Knowing, Voluntary and Intelligent
ยง4:15.4 Constitutional Invalidity Order
ยง4:16 Other Possible Grounds for Motion
ยง4:16.1 Judgeโ€™s Confโ€Œlict of Interest
ยง4:16.2 Failure to Advise of Consequences: Future Use, Punishment and
Suspension/Revocation
ยง4:16.3 Right to Testify and Present Evidence
ยง4:16.4 Plea and Sentence Involving Commissioner or Pro-Tem Judge
ยง4:16.5 Involuntary Plea Induced by Illegal Threats
ยง4:16.6 Unlicensed Counsel
ยง4:16.7 Denial of Interpreter
PRIOR CONVICTIONS OF
SEPARATE OFFENSES
California Drunk Driving Law 4-2
ยง4:16.8 Advice to Aliens
ยง4:16.9 Double Jeopardy Violations
ยง4:16.10 Advice of Dangers and Disadvantages of Self-Representation
ยง4:16.11 Miscellaneous Issues
ยง4:17 Challenge to Grant or Denial of Motion
ยง4:17.1 By Defendant
ยง4:17.2 By Prosecution
ยง4:20 PRIOR CONVICTION SENTENCE ENHANCEMENT LAW IN GENERAL
ยง4:21 Right to Jury or Court Trial
ยง4:21.1 Challenging Out-of-State Priors at Trial
ยง4:21.2 Authentication of Out-Of-State Records of Prior Convictions
ยง4:22 Erroneous DMV Record of Prior Conviction
ยง4:23 Ten Years or Less Between Offense Dates
ยง4:23.1 Measured From Offense Date to Offense Date
ยง4:23.2 Prior Convictions and Separate Offenses
ยง4:23.3 Whatโ€™s a โ€œYear?โ€
ยง4:24 What Can Be Alleged as a Prior Conviction Sentence Enhancement?
ยง4:24.1 Offense Within Ten Years of Current Offense
ยง4:24.2 Juvenile โ€œConvictionโ€ (Adjudication)
ยง4:24.3 Federal Conviction
ยง4:24.4 Reckless Driving Conviction
ยง4:24.5 Uncounseled Conviction Alleged to Make Current Offense a Felony
ยง4:24.6 Drunk Boating Conviction
ยง4:24.7 Uncharged Prior Convictions and Pending Charges
ยง4:24.7.1 Amending Complaint To Allege Prior Conviction
ยง4:24.7.2 Amending Complaint To Allege Other Pending DUI
Charge
ยง4:24.8 Expungement Under PC ยงยง1203.4 and 1203.4a
ยง4:24.9 Constitutionality Previously Determined
ยง4:24.10 Truth Previously Determined
ยง4:24.11 Conviction for Offense That Occurred After Current Offense
ยง4:24.12 Out-of-State Conviction
ยง4:25 Future Use of Conviction for Enhancement
ยง4:25.1 Need Not Advise at Time of Guilty Plea
ยง4:25.2 Increase in Enhancement Severity
ยง4:25.3 Striking Strike Prior for Sentencing Doesnโ€™t Affect ยง4019 Credits
ยง4:30 MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT; WRIT OF ERROR CORAM NOBIS
PRIOR CONVICTIONS OF
SEPARATE OFFENSES
4-3 Prior Convictions of Separate Offenses ยง4:12
This chapter covers motions and general topics concerning sentence enhancement allegations of prior convictions
of separate offenses. See ยง4:23.2 regarding use of the phrases separate offense and prior conviction.
See ยง9:100 regarding trial, jury instructions and proof of prior conviction sentence enhancement allegations.
See ยง10:23 regarding punishment resulting from prior convictions.
See ยง11:12 and ยง11:166 regarding Stop โ€˜n Snatch suspension and revocation consequences resulting from
prior convictions.
ยง4:10 MOTION TO DECLARE PRIOR CONVICTION UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ยง4:12 General Information
ยง4:12.1 Legal Framework
ฮ™ฯ„ ฮนฯƒ ฮทฮตฮปฯ€ฯ†ฯ…ฮป ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฑฮฝ ฯ…ฮฝฮดฮตฯฯƒฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮดฮนฮฝฮณ ฮฟฯ† ฯ„ฮทฮต ฮปฮฑฯ‰ ฯฮตฮปฮฑฯ„ฮตฮด ฯ„ฮฟ ยตฮฟฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝฯƒ ฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฯ„ฯฮนฮบฮต ฯ€ฯฮนฮฟฯ ฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯ–ฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝฯƒ ฯ†ฮฟฯ ฯ…ฮฝฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ„ฯ…ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝฮฑฮปฮนฯ„ฯˆ
ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮฝฮฟฯ‰ ฯ„ฮทฮฑฯ„ ฯƒฯ…ฯ‡ฮท ฮปฮฑฯ‰ ฮนฯƒ ฮดฮนฯ–ฮนฮดฮตฮด ฮนฮฝฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฯฮตฮต ฯ‡ฮฑฯ„ฮตฮณฮฟฯฮนฮตฯƒ:
1. ฮ›ฮฑฯ‰ ฯฮตฮปฮฑฯ„ฮตฮด ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ‡ฮตฮดฯ…ฯฮตฯƒ ฯ„ฮทฮฑฯ„ ยตฯ…ฯƒฯ„ ฮฒฮต ฯ†ฮฟฮปฮปฮฟฯ‰ฮตฮด ฮนฮฝ ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯ„ฮฑฮบฮนฮฝฮณ ฮฟฯ† ฮณฯ…ฮนฮปฯ„ฯˆ ฯ€ฮปฮตฮฑฯƒ;
2. ฮ›ฮฑฯ‰ ฯฮตฮปฮฑฯ„ฮตฮด ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯ„ฯˆฯ€ฮต ฮฟฯ† ฯฮตฯ‡ฮฟฯฮดฯƒ ฯ„ฮทฮฑฯ„ ยตฯ…ฯƒฯ„ ฮฒฮต ฮบฮตฯ€ฯ„ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮนฮฝฮดฮนฯ‡ฮฑฯ„ฮต ฯ„ฮทฮฑฯ„ ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ‡ฮตฮดฯ…ฯฮตฯƒ ฯ‰ฮตฯฮต ฯ†ฮฟฮปฮปฮฟฯ‰ฮตฮด; ฮฑฮฝฮด,
3. ฮ›ฮฑฯ‰ ฯฮตฮปฮฑฯ„ฮตฮด ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ‡ฮตฮดฯ…ฯฮตฯƒ ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ†ฮฟฮปฮปฮฟฯ‰ ฯ†ฮฟฯ ฯ„ฮทฮต ยตฮฟฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝ ฮนฯ„ฯƒฮตฮปฯ†.
ยง4:12.2 Procedural Requirements and Limitations
People v. Co๎งผey (1967) 67 ฮงฮฑฮป.2ฮด 204, ฮทฮตฮปฮด ฮดฮตฯ†ฮตฮฝฮดฮฑฮฝฯ„ฯƒ ยตฮฑฯˆ ฯ‡ฮฟฮปฮปฮฑฯ„ฮตฯฮฑฮปฮปฯˆ ฮฑฯ„ฯ„ฮฑฯ‡ฮบ ฮฑ ฯ€ฯฮนฮฟฯ ฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯ–ฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝ ฮนฮฝ ฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฮฝฮดฮนฮฝฮณ
๎†๎„๎–๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎š๎Œ๎—๎‹๎’๎˜๎—๎€ƒ๎‹๎„๎™๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ๎‚ฟ๎๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎„๎€ƒ๎“๎ˆ๎—๎Œ๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎‰๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎š๎•๎Œ๎—๎€ƒ๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎‹๎„๎…๎ˆ๎„๎–๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎•๎“๎˜๎–๎€‘๎€ƒ๎€ท๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎’๎†๎ˆ๎‡๎˜๎•๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎’๎˜๎—๎๎Œ๎‘๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‘๎€ƒCo๎งผey๎€ƒ๎š๎„๎–๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‡๎Œ๎‚ฟ๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎‰๎’๎•๎€ƒ
๎–๎“๎ˆ๎†๎Œ๎‚ฟ๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎’๎ตต๎ˆ๎‘๎–๎ˆ๎–๎€ƒ๎–๎Œ๎›๎€ƒ๎œ๎ˆ๎„๎•๎–๎€ƒ๎๎„๎—๎ˆ๎•๎€ƒ๎š๎Œ๎—๎‹๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎ˆ๎‘๎„๎†๎—๎๎ˆ๎‘๎—๎€ƒ๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎€ƒ๎€—๎€”๎€—๎€“๎€–๎€‘
๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎€ƒ๎€—๎€”๎€—๎€“๎€–๎€ƒ๎–๎ˆ๎—๎–๎€ƒ๎‰๎’๎•๎—๎‹๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎’๎†๎ˆ๎‡๎˜๎•๎„๎๎€ƒ๎•๎ˆ๎”๎˜๎Œ๎•๎ˆ๎๎ˆ๎‘๎—๎–๎€ƒ๎‰๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎–๎—๎•๎Œ๎Ž๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎„๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎Œ๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎™๎Œ๎†๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎‰๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎‚†๎€ƒ๎€”๎€—๎€™๎€“๎€”๎€๎€ƒ๎€”๎€—๎€™๎€“๎€”๎€‘๎€”๎€๎€ƒ
๎€”๎€—๎€™๎€“๎€”๎€‘๎€•๎€๎€ƒ๎€•๎€–๎€”๎€˜๎€•๎€๎€ƒ๎€•๎€–๎€”๎€˜๎€–๎€๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎‡๎€ƒ๎€•๎€–๎€”๎€“๎€–๎€ƒ๎“๎ˆ๎•๎€ƒ๎€•๎€–๎€”๎€“๎€–๎€‘๎€˜๎€ƒ๎’๎ตต๎ˆ๎‘๎–๎ˆ๎–๎€ƒ๎’๎‘๎€ƒฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ„ฯ…ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝฮฑฮป ฮณฯฮฟฯ…ฮฝฮดฯƒ.
ฮ“ฮฑฯฯ‡ฮนฮฑ ฯ–. ฮฃฯ…ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฟฯ ฮงฮฟฯ…ฯฯ„ (1997) 14 ฮงฮฑฮป.4ฯ„ฮท 953, ฮทฮตฮปฮด ฮดฮตฯ†ฮตฮฝฮดฮฑฮฝฯ„ฯƒ ยตฮฑฯˆ ฮฝฮฟฯ„ ยตฮฟฯ–ฮต ฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฯ„ฯฮนฮบฮต ฮฑ ฯ€ฯฮนฮฟฯ ฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯ–ฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝ
๎„๎๎๎ˆ๎Š๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎„๎–๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎€ƒ๎ˆ๎‘๎‹๎„๎‘๎†๎ˆ๎๎ˆ๎‘๎—๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‘๎€ƒ๎„๎€ƒ๎‘๎’๎‘๎†๎„๎“๎Œ๎—๎„๎๎€ƒ๎“๎ˆ๎‘๎‡๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎†๎„๎–๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎…๎„๎–๎Œ๎–๎€ƒ๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‘๎ˆ๎ตต๎ˆ๎†๎—๎Œ๎™๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎„๎–๎–๎Œ๎–๎—๎„๎‘๎†๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎˜๎‘๎–๎ˆ๎๎€๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎‡๎€ƒ๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ
๎‚†๎€ƒ๎€—๎€”๎€—๎€“๎€–๎€ƒ๎š๎„๎–๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‘๎—๎ˆ๎•๎“๎•๎ˆ๎—๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎…๎œ๎€ƒฮ ฮตฮฟฯ€ฮปฮต ฯ–. ฮ’ฮตฯ‡ฮทฯ„ฮฟฮป๎€ƒ๎€‹๎€•๎€“๎€”๎€š๎€Œ๎€ƒ๎€”๎€“๎€ƒ๎€ฆ๎„๎๎€‘๎€ค๎“๎“๎€‘๎€˜๎—๎‹๎€ƒ๎€œ๎€˜๎€“๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ๎‘๎’๎—๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎’๎™๎Œ๎‡๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎€ƒ๎ˆ๎›๎†๎ˆ๎“๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎Œ๎–๎€ƒ๎•๎˜๎๎ˆ๎€‘๎€ƒ
๎€ท๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎•๎ˆ๎„๎–๎’๎‘๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒฮ“ฮฑฯฯ‡ฮนฮฑ๎€ƒ๎€ฆ๎’๎˜๎•๎—๎€ƒ๎š๎„๎–๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎„๎—๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎—๎„๎–๎Ž๎€ƒ๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎ˆ๎™๎„๎๎˜๎„๎—๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎ˆ๎ตต๎ˆ๎†๎—๎Œ๎™๎ˆ๎‘๎ˆ๎–๎–๎€ƒ๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎˜๎‘๎–๎ˆ๎๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‘๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎’๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎•๎€ƒ๎„๎†๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎Œ๎–๎€ƒ
๎—๎’๎’๎€ƒ๎…๎˜๎•๎‡๎ˆ๎‘๎–๎’๎๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎—๎•๎Œ๎„๎๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎˜๎•๎—๎€‘๎€ƒ๎€ท๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎•๎ˆ๎„๎–๎’๎‘๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒฮ’ฮตฯ‡ฮทฯ„ฮฟฮป ฮงฮฟฯ…ฯฯ„ ฯ‰ฮฑฯƒ ฮฒฮฑฯƒฮตฮด ฮฟฮฝ ฮฑฮฝ ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮปฯˆฯƒฮนฯƒ ฮฟฯ† ฯ„ฮทฮต ฮปฮตฮณฮนฯƒฮปฮฑฯ„ฮนฯ–ฮต
ฮทฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฯˆ ฮฟฯ† ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯ„ฯ…ฯ„ฮต (ฮนฯ„ ฯ‰ฮฑฯƒ ฮตฮฝฮฑฯ‡ฯ„ฮตฮด ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฯ‰ฮฑฯฯ„ ฮฑ ฯ„ฮตฮฝฮดฮตฮฝฯ‡ฯˆ ฮฟฯ† ฯ„ฯฮนฮฑฮป ฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฯฯ„ฯƒ ฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฯ„ฯฮนฮบฮต ฯ€ฯฮนฮฟฯ ฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯ–ฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝฯƒ ฯ•ฯ…ฯƒฯ„ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮทฮตฮปฯ€
ฯฮตฯƒฮฟฮปฯ–ฮต ฯ‡ฯ…ฯฯฮตฮฝฯ„ ฯ‡ฮฑฯƒฮตฯƒ, ฮฑฮฝฮด, ฯ„ฮทฯ…ฯƒ, ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯ„ฯ…ฯ„ฮต ฯƒฮตฯ„ฯƒ ฯ†ฮฟฯฯ„ฮท ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ‡ฮตฮดฯ…ฯฮฑฮป ฯฯ…ฮปฮตฯƒ ฯ†ฮฟฯ ฮดฮฟฮนฮฝฮณ ฯƒฮฟ ฮฑฯƒ ฮฟฯ€ฯ€ฮฟฯƒฮตฮด ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ–ฮนฮดฮนฮฝฮณ ฮฝฮตฯ‰
ฯฮนฮณฮทฯ„ฯƒ). ฮฮฟฯ„ฯ‰ฮนฯ„ฮทฯƒฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮดฮนฮฝฮณ Co๎งผey๎€๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‰๎€ƒ๎‡๎ˆ๎‰๎ˆ๎‘๎–๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎˜๎‘๎–๎ˆ๎๎€ƒ๎š๎Œ๎–๎‹๎ˆ๎–๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ๎†๎‹๎„๎๎๎ˆ๎‘๎Š๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎„๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎Œ๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎™๎Œ๎†๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎…๎„๎–๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‘๎ˆ๎ตต๎ˆ๎†๎—๎Œ๎™๎ˆ๎€ƒ
ฮฑฯƒฯƒฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฑฮฝฯ‡ฮต ฮฟฯ† ฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฮฝฯƒฮตฮป, ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ‡ฮตฮดฯ…ฯฮต ฯ†ฮฟฯ ฮดฮฟฮนฮฝฮณ ฯƒฮฟ ฮนฯƒ ฯ‰ฮนฯ„ฮท ฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯ„ฮนฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝ ฯ†ฮฟฯ ฯ‰ฯฮนฯ„ ฮฟฯ† ฮทฮฑฮฒฮตฮฑฯƒ ฯ‡ฮฟฯฯ€ฯ…ฯƒ ฮนฮฝ ฯ„ฮทฮฑฯ„ ฮฑฯ‡ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝ. ฮ™ฯ† ฮนฯ„ ฮนฯƒ ฮฟฮฝ
๎„๎‘๎œ๎€ƒ๎’๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎•๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎–๎—๎Œ๎—๎˜๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎„๎๎€ƒ๎…๎„๎–๎Œ๎–๎€๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎’๎†๎ˆ๎‡๎˜๎•๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎–๎ˆ๎—๎€ƒ๎‰๎’๎•๎—๎‹๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‘๎€ƒ๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎€ƒ๎€—๎€”๎€—๎€“๎€–๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎—๎•๎’๎๎–๎€ƒ๎‰๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎’๎ตต๎ˆ๎‘๎–๎ˆ๎–๎€ƒ๎ˆ๎‘๎˜๎๎ˆ๎•๎„๎—๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎„๎…๎’๎™๎ˆ๎€‘
๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎€ƒ๎€•๎€–๎€™๎€•๎€—๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎’๎™๎Œ๎‡๎ˆ๎–๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎„๎—๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎•๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎Œ๎–๎€ƒ๎’๎‘๎๎œ๎€ƒ๎’๎‘๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎–๎—๎Œ๎—๎˜๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎„๎๎€ƒ๎†๎‹๎„๎๎๎ˆ๎‘๎Š๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎“๎ˆ๎•๎๎Œ๎—๎—๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎„๎Š๎„๎Œ๎‘๎–๎—๎€ƒ๎ˆ๎„๎†๎‹๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎™๎Œ๎†๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€๎€ƒ๎ˆ๎›๎†๎ˆ๎“๎—๎€ƒ
๎—๎‹๎„๎—๎€ƒ๎‚ณ๎„๎€ƒ๎–๎˜๎…๎–๎ˆ๎”๎˜๎ˆ๎‘๎—๎€ƒ๎–๎—๎„๎—๎˜๎—๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎„๎“๎“๎ˆ๎๎๎„๎—๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎‡๎ˆ๎†๎Œ๎–๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎‹๎„๎™๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎•๎ˆ๎—๎•๎’๎„๎†๎—๎Œ๎™๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎„๎“๎“๎๎Œ๎†๎„๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎„๎ตต๎’๎•๎‡๎–๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎œ๎€ƒ๎‘๎ˆ๎š๎€ƒ๎…๎„๎–๎Œ๎–๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ๎†๎‹๎„๎๎๎ˆ๎‘๎Š๎ˆ๎€ƒ
ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ„ฯ…ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝฮฑฮปฮนฯ„ฯˆ ฮฟฯ† ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯ–ฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝ.๎‚” ฮ™ฯ„ ฯ†ฯ…ฯฯ„ฮทฮตฯ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ–ฮนฮดฮตฯƒ ฯ„ฮทฮฑฯ„ ฮฑ ฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯ–ฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝ ฯ†ฮฟฯ…ฮฝฮด ฯ…ฮฝฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ„ฯ…ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝฮฑฮป ยตฮฑฯˆ ฮฝฮฟฯ„ ฮฒฮต
๎˜๎–๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‘๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎œ๎€ƒ๎’๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎•๎€ƒ๎๎˜๎‡๎Œ๎†๎Œ๎„๎๎€ƒ๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎„๎‡๎๎Œ๎‘๎Œ๎–๎—๎•๎„๎—๎Œ๎™๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎’๎†๎ˆ๎ˆ๎‡๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎‡๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎€ง๎€ฐ๎€น๎€ƒ๎๎˜๎–๎—๎€ƒ๎–๎—๎•๎Œ๎Ž๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎Œ๎—๎€ƒ๎‰๎•๎’๎๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎Œ๎•๎€ƒ๎•๎ˆ๎†๎’๎•๎‡๎–๎€‘
๎€ท๎•๎Œ๎„๎๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎˜๎•๎—๎–๎€ƒ๎„๎•๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎๎„๎‘๎‡๎„๎—๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ ๎•๎ˆ๎“๎’๎•๎—๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎€ง๎€ฐ๎€น๎€ƒ ๎„๎‘๎œ๎€ƒ๎‡๎ˆ๎—๎ˆ๎•๎๎Œ๎‘๎„๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎˜๎“๎‹๎’๎๎‡๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎’๎•๎€ƒ ๎–๎—๎•๎Œ๎Ž๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎„๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎Œ๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎™๎Œ๎†๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ
๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎–๎—๎Œ๎—๎˜๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎„๎๎€ƒ๎Š๎•๎’๎˜๎‘๎‡๎–๎€‘๎€ƒ๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎€”๎€›๎€“๎€–๎€‘
๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎€•๎€–๎€™๎€•๎€—๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎’๎™๎Œ๎‡๎ˆ๎–๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎„๎—๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎•๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎Œ๎–๎€ƒ๎’๎‘๎๎œ๎€ƒ๎’๎‘๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎–๎—๎Œ๎—๎˜๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎„๎๎€ƒ๎†๎‹๎„๎๎๎ˆ๎‘๎Š๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎“๎ˆ๎•๎๎Œ๎—๎—๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎„๎Š๎„๎Œ๎‘๎–๎—๎€ƒ๎ˆ๎„๎†๎‹๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎™๎Œ๎†๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€๎€ƒ๎ˆ๎›๎†๎ˆ๎“๎—๎€ƒ
๎—๎‹๎„๎—๎€ƒ๎‚ณ๎„๎€ƒ๎–๎˜๎…๎–๎ˆ๎”๎˜๎ˆ๎‘๎—๎€ƒ๎–๎—๎„๎—๎˜๎—๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎„๎“๎“๎ˆ๎๎๎„๎—๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎‡๎ˆ๎†๎Œ๎–๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎‹๎„๎™๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎•๎ˆ๎—๎•๎’๎„๎†๎—๎Œ๎™๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎„๎“๎“๎๎Œ๎†๎„๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎„๎ตต๎’๎•๎‡๎–๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎œ๎€ƒ๎‘๎ˆ๎š๎€ƒ๎…๎„๎–๎Œ๎–๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ๎†๎‹๎„๎๎๎ˆ๎‘๎Š๎ˆ๎€ƒ
ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ„ฯ…ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝฮฑฮปฮนฯ„ฯˆ ฮฟฯ† ฯ„ฮทฮต ฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯ–ฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝ.๎‚” ฮ™ฯ„ ฯ†ฯ…ฯฯ„ฮทฮตฯ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ–ฮนฮดฮตฯƒ ฯ„ฮทฮฑฯ„ ฮฑ ฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯ–ฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝ ฯ†ฮฟฯ…ฮฝฮด ฯ…ฮฝฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ„ฯ…ฯ„ฮนฮฟฮฝฮฑฮป ยตฮฑฯˆ ฮฝฮฟฯ„ ฮฒฮต
๎˜๎–๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‘๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎œ๎€ƒ๎’๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎•๎€ƒ๎๎˜๎‡๎Œ๎†๎Œ๎„๎๎€ƒ๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎„๎‡๎๎Œ๎‘๎Œ๎–๎—๎•๎„๎—๎Œ๎™๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎’๎†๎ˆ๎ˆ๎‡๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎‡๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎€ง๎€ฐ๎€น๎€ƒ๎๎˜๎–๎—๎€ƒ๎–๎—๎•๎Œ๎Ž๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎Œ๎—๎€ƒ๎‰๎•๎’๎๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎Œ๎•๎€ƒ๎•๎ˆ๎†๎’๎•๎‡๎–๎€‘
๎€ท๎•๎Œ๎„๎๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎˜๎•๎—๎–๎€ƒ๎„๎•๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎๎„๎‘๎‡๎„๎—๎ˆ๎‡๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ ๎•๎ˆ๎“๎’๎•๎—๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎€ง๎€ฐ๎€น๎€ƒ ๎„๎‘๎œ๎€ƒ๎‡๎ˆ๎—๎ˆ๎•๎๎Œ๎‘๎„๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎˜๎“๎‹๎’๎๎‡๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎’๎•๎€ƒ ๎–๎—๎•๎Œ๎Ž๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€ƒ๎„๎€ƒ๎“๎•๎Œ๎’๎•๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎™๎Œ๎†๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎€ƒ
๎’๎‘๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎–๎—๎Œ๎—๎˜๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎„๎๎€ƒ๎Š๎•๎’๎˜๎‘๎‡๎–๎€‘๎€ƒ๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎€”๎€›๎€“๎€–๎€‘
๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎€•๎€–๎€™๎€•๎€—๎€ƒ๎–๎—๎„๎—๎ˆ๎–๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎„๎—๎€ƒ๎Œ๎—๎€ƒ๎„๎“๎“๎๎Œ๎ˆ๎–๎€ƒ๎’๎‘๎๎œ๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎™๎Œ๎†๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎–๎€ƒ๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎‚†๎‚†๎€•๎€–๎€”๎€˜๎€•๎€๎€ƒ๎€•๎€–๎€”๎€˜๎€–๎€๎€ƒ๎€”๎€—๎€™๎€“๎€”๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎‡๎€ƒ๎€”๎€—๎€™๎€“๎€”๎€‘๎€•๎€‘๎€ƒ๎€ซ๎’๎š๎ˆ๎™๎ˆ๎•๎€๎€ƒ๎…๎ˆ๎†๎„๎˜๎–๎ˆ๎€ƒ
๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎—๎‹๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎๎„๎‘๎Š๎˜๎„๎Š๎ˆ๎€ƒ๎’๎‰๎€ƒ๎€น๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎€•๎€–๎€™๎€•๎€“๎€๎€ƒ๎Œ๎—๎€ƒ๎„๎๎–๎’๎€ƒ๎„๎“๎“๎๎Œ๎ˆ๎–๎€ƒ๎—๎’๎€ƒ๎†๎’๎‘๎™๎Œ๎†๎—๎Œ๎’๎‘๎–๎€ƒ๎˜๎‘๎‡๎ˆ๎•๎€ƒ๎€ซ๎„๎•๎…๎€‘๎€ƒ๎€‰๎€ƒ๎€ฑ๎„๎™๎€‘๎€ƒ๎€ฆ๎€‘๎€ƒ๎‚†๎‚†๎€™๎€˜๎€˜๎€‹๎…๎€Œ๎€๎€ƒ๎€‹๎†๎€Œ๎€๎€ƒ๎€‹๎‡๎€Œ๎€๎€ƒ๎€‹๎ˆ๎€Œ๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎‡๎€ƒ๎€‹๎‰๎€Œ๎€ƒ
๎€‹๎‡๎•๎˜๎‘๎Ž๎€ƒ๎…๎’๎„๎—๎Œ๎‘๎Š๎€Œ๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎‡๎€ƒ๎€ณ๎€ฆ๎€ƒ๎‚†๎‚†๎€”๎€œ๎€”๎€‘๎€˜๎€ƒ๎„๎‘๎‡๎€ƒ๎€”๎€œ๎€•๎€‹๎†๎€Œ๎€‹๎€–๎€Œ๎€ƒ๎€‹๎™๎ˆ๎‹๎Œ๎†๎˜๎๎„๎•๎€ƒ๎๎„๎‘๎–๎๎„๎˜๎Š๎‹๎—๎ˆ๎•๎€ƒ๎Œ๎‘๎—๎’๎›๎Œ๎†๎„๎—๎ˆ๎‡๎€Œ๎€‘

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