July13th 2007

Life Sentence for 0.03 grams of Meth
Yesterday, Marin Superior Court Judge Stephen Graham imposed a 25-to-life sentence for simple possession of 0.03 grams of methamphetamine under California’s Three Strikes law. (People v. Foroutan, No. 114626A.) The defendant has never committed a crime of violence and his prior strikes were residential burglaries, the most recent of which was from 1992.
Full disclosure: Mr. Foroutan is represented by the Stanford Law School Criminal Defense Clinic, which provides free legal services to inmates serving three strikes sentence for non-violent offenses. I am a supervising attorney at the clinic. This blog ordinarily doesn’t publicize our own cases, but I’m obviously making an exception.
Posted by Michael Romano at 10:53 AM in Three Strikes Law