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San Diego Drug Diversion Program Granted By Judge

By Walin & Klarich

Judge Reverses 19-Year Sentence and Gives Criminal Defendant Drug Diversion Program On Appeal by Criminal Defense Attorney Chauncey Lee Harris was convicted in San Diego Superior Court of transportation of a controlled substance and possession of narcotics paraphernalia in San Diego. The jury in the case specifically made a finding that the transportation of the controlled substance was for personal use. The court also made a finding that Harris had suffered 7 prior prison terms. The judge sentenced Harris to 19 years in State Prison. In court to appeal the convictions in California against him, Harris argued that the Judge imposed an unauthorized sentence by sending him to prison instead of granting him probation under proposition 36. This is due to the fact that the jury found that the transportation of the controlled substance was for his personal use, rather than for purposes of sale...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on April 11, 2009 (boomark / email).