California Court of Appeal

Forging or presenting a forged prescription to obtain drugs, in violation of Health and Safety Code section 11368, does not fall under Proposition 36, which requires probation and drug treatment for those convicted of a nonviolent drug possession offense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/01/2005
• Published 02/01/2005

Judges

• CORRIGAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Leslie Prince, Suisun City, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Rene A. Chacon, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Ayana A. Cuevas, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.