California Laws: Vehicle Code Section 23558

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Section 23558

Any person who proximately causes bodily injury or death to
more than one victim in any one instance of driving in violation of
Section 23153 of this code or in violation of Section 191.5 of, or
paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 192 of, the Penal Code,
shall, upon a felony conviction, and notwithstanding subdivision (g)
of Section 1170.1 of the Penal Code, receive an enhancement of one
year in the state prison for each additional injured victim.  The
enhanced sentence provided for in this section shall not be imposed
unless the fact of the bodily injury to each additional victim is
charged in the accusatory pleading and admitted or found to be true
by the trier of fact.  The maximum number of one year enhancements
which may be imposed pursuant to this section is three.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court may strike
the enhancements provided in this section if it determines that there
are circumstances in mitigation of the additional punishment and
states on the record its reasons for striking the additional
punishment.