Can a defendant plead no contest to a charge of possession of cocaine in violation of section 11350, subdivision (a) of the California Criminal Code?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, B220065, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA350051 (Cal. App. 2011):

The prosecution amended the information by interlineation, adding count 5, possession of cocaine, in violation of section 11350, subdivision (a). Pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant pled no contest to the newly added count, and counts 3 and 4 were dismissed. Upon finding defendant eligible, the trial court ordered probation with drug treatment conditions under Proposition 36, with a review in six months. (Pen. Code,

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1210.1; see generally Gardner v. Schwarzenegger (2009) 178 Cal.App.4th 1366, 1369-1371.)^²

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