P. v. Torres CA3
After pleading no contest to possession of a controlled substance for sale, the trial court imposed drug education program and crime lab fees, and attendant penalty assessments. Defendant Jesus Cruz Torres appeals the imposition of the penalty assessments, contending the drug education program and crime lab fees are not fines, and are not subject to penalty assessments.
In an unpublished opinion, we rejected defendants’ claim that the trial court erred by imposing the penalty assessments and affirmed the judgment. (People v. Torres (Jan. 30, 2018, C083981) [nonpub. opn.].) Defendant petitioned the Supreme Court for review of the matter on the propriety of the penalty assessments. The Supreme Court granted his petition for review and deferred the matter pending consideration and disposition of a related issue in People v. Ruiz, S235556, or pending further order of the court.
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