Does a sentence for methamphetamine possession constitute a jail sentence for failing to attend treatment programs?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Pichel, 2d Crim. No. B266477 (Cal. App. 2016):
possession offense. (People v. Armogeda, supra, 233 Cal.App.4th 428.) The trial court ruled that it was not sentencing appellant for methamphetamine use but was imposing the jail sanction for not attending the treatment programs "designed to solve the problem that brought him here today." Appellant was ordered to serve 180 days county jail with 86 days credit.
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