Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Sentencing Law and Policy

Criminal Law

: Sentencing Law and Policy

"Cheese in pants may draw life term for Yolo man"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this article from today's Sacramento Bee.  Here are the particulars: A Yolo County man who put cheese down his trousers faces a life sentence when he goes before a judge next month. Jurors convicted Robert Preston Ferguson of two counts of petty theft on Jan. 6.  One conviction was for swiping a woman's wallet from a convenience store counter.  The other was for stealing $3.99 worth of shredded cheese from the Nugget Market in Woodland.  Officers testified that Ferguson put the cheese in his pants and was apprehended in the parking lot. Because of a lengthy criminal history that dates back 35 years, including six first-degree burglary convictions, Yolo prosecutors charged the petty theft counts as felonies...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 10, 2010 (boomark / email).