California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jackson, C079588 (Cal. App. 2015):
2. Hence, defendant's conclusory reliance on People v. Noyan (2014) 232 Cal.App.4th 657 is unavailing, as there the two statutes at issue served the same purposethe prevention of "knowingly bringing contraband into a custodial facility"and thus those persons charged with committing the crimes were determined to be "similarly situated" (id. at p. 667).
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