California Court of Appeal

PEOPLE v. LEGAULT, E028707

Proposition 36, which allowed certain non-violent drug offenders to obtain treatment and probation instead of a sentence, does not apply where defendant was sentenced 20 days after the initiative was ratified but before the initiative's effective date.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/11/2002
• Published 01/11/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Susan S. Bauguess, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Running Springs, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert B. Shaw and Marvin E. Mizell, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.