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California Drug Diversion Program under Penal Code 1000 Minimizes Collateral Damage

By Walin & Klarich

Avoid devastating collateral consequences; Why you need to retain a California drug offense defense attorney to get admitted to Penal Code 1000 drug diversion program Under Penal Code 1000, even if the defendant has entered a plea of guilty, he is not ?convicted? while undergoing the treatment in the deferred entry of judgment program. Penal Code 1000 provides, "A defendant's plea of guilty...shall not constitute a conviction for any purpose unless a judgment of guilty is entered." Thus, if a defendant faces immediate collateral consequences from a conviction of a drug crime in California, such as loss of a job or some disciplinary proceeding, Penal Code 1000 may be preferable to Proposition 36. While the conviction under Proposition 36 can be expunged, the defendant remains with a conviction on his record during the period he is on probation and undergoing treatment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on March 03, 2009 (boomark / email).