California Court of Appeal
IN RE: VARNELL, B153849
A trial court may use Penal Code 1385 to dismiss a prior conviction in order to enable an otherwise ineligible defendant to qualify for probation and drug treatment under Proposition 36.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/15/2002
- Published 01/15/2002
Judges
- PERLUSS, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Michael P. Judge, Public Defender of Los Angeles County, Albert J. Menaster, Alice McVicker and Alex Ricciardulli, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marc E. Turchin and Marc J. Nolan, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.