People v. Harbison

*978Opinion

PERREN, J.

Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (the Act), was approved by the voters in the November 7, 2000, General Election. The Act dramatically changed the options for sentencing defendants convicted of nonviolent drug possession offenses,1 “[Notwithstanding any other provision of law.” (Pen. Code, § 1210.1, subd. (a).)2 As with sentencing pursuant to the determinate, indeterminate, and violent sex crime statutes, the Act establishes yet another unique alternative sentencing scheme. (See People v. Neely (2009) 176 Cal.App.4th 787, 798-800 & fn. 7…