California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harris, E054549 (Cal. App. 2012):
Under the current version of the least adjudicated elements test, the trier of fact may consider the entire record of the proceedings leading to the prior conviction to determine whether the prior offense "involved conduct which satisfies all of the elements of the comparable California serious felony offense." (People v. Myers, supra, 5 Cal.4th at p. 1195.) If not precluded by the rules of evidence or other statutory limitations, the
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