Legal Opinion
People v. Coston
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 27, 1990No. B042794PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GATES, J.
Herbert Dwayne Coston and Victor Trapps were apprehended as they each attempted to smuggle two kilos of cocaine aboard an airplane. Consequently, they entered pleas of guilty to transporting this contraband (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352) and admitted that its volume was at least 28.5 grams (Pen. Code, § 1203.073, subd. (b)(1)), and, in fact, was in excess of 3 pounds. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11370.4, subd. (a).) Nonetheless, and despite these admissions, the court found their cases to be sufficiently unusual, apparently due to their lack of previous criminal records, that it…
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