Criminal
Jul. 26, 2001
Appeals Court Frees Jailed Drug Abuser
LOS ANGELES - For the second time in less than a week, the 2nd District Court of Appeal on Tuesday freed a jailed cocaine abuser who, public defenders argued, should be eligible for treatment under Proposition 36.
The case of Darrell Eugene Scoggins, 44, differs from other Proposition 36 cases in that Scoggins pleaded guilty to felony cocaine possession in 1998, more than two ...
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