PEOPLE v. CANTY

No. S109537.

14 Cal.Rptr.3d 1 (2004)

90 P.3d 1168

32 Cal.4th 1266

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Michelle Elaine CANTY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Gillies and Bradley A. Bristow, Sacramento, under appointments by the Supreme Court, and Valerie G. Wass, Pasadena, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez, Marc J. Nolan, Janet E. Neeley and Tiffany S. Shultz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GEORGE, C.J.

Following the enactment of Proposition 36, the "Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000," which took effect July 1, 2001, a defendant who has been convicted of a "nonviolent drug possession offense" must receive probation and diversion into a drug treatment program, and may not be sentenced to incarceration as an additional term of probation. (Pen. Code, § 1210.1, subd. (a).)

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