People v. Brooks

Opinion

GILBERT, P. J.

Thomas Theodore Brooks has a physician’s recommendation for medical marijuana use. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11362.5, subd. (d).) Nevertheless, we conclude circumstances here permit the trial court to impose a probation condition barring Brooks’s use of medical marijuana. We affirm.

FACTS

In December 2006, Brooks was arrested for possession of marijuana and methamphetamine. In February 2007, he pled guilty to one count of possession of methamphetamine. Brooks waived Proposition 36 probation (Pen. Code, § 1210.1, subd. (b)(4)), and the trial court placed him on formal probation…