California Court of Appeal

Under the drug treatment and rehabilitation provisions of Proposition 36, probation cannot be revoked the first time a probationer violates a drug-related probation condition unless there is evidence the probationer poses a danger to society.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/29/2003
• Published 01/29/2003

Judges

•  JOHNSON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Michael P. Judge, Los Angeles County Public Defender, Albert J. Menaster, Samuel Leonard and Alex Ricciardulli, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steve Cooley, Los Angeles County District Attorney, Brentford J. Ferreira and Patricia Martinez, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.