Berry
People v. Berry
Opinion
Opinion
Certified for Partial Publication. [*]
On the ground that a medical doctor recommended he use marijuana under the Compassionate Use Act of 1996(CUA), Rickey Edward Berry challenges the legality of a probation condition that requires him not to own, possess, control, or be under the influence of marijuana but that allows him to use a prescribed medicine containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive substance in marijuana. [1] The marijuana condition prohibits conduct legal under California law but nonetheless bears a reasonable relation not only to crimes of which he was convicted but also to his future criminality, so we will reject his argument that the imposition of that condition and the violation of his probation for his breach of that condition were an abuse of discretion. [2]
Berry argues, too, that his attorney's express acquiescence in the marijuana condition constituted ineffective assistance of counsel, that the imposition of a duet, but not a quartet, of restitution fines and parole revocation restitution fines was lawful, and that the imposition of an aggravated term without a jury finding on circumstances in aggravation violated his…