Can an inmate be charged with possession of marijuana in prison for a second, assaultive offense?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hooks, F068921 (Cal. App. 2015):
Our opinion in Hooks I concluded that "appellant, while committing one offense - possession of marijuana in prison - committed a second, assaultive offense in response to an unforeseen circumstance: the search of his person being conducted in response to the directive that prison staff conduct searches of randomly chosen inmates. As in [People v.
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