People v. Arant

*296Opinion

HAMLIN, Acting P. J.

Defendant was convicted on his plea of nolo contendere to violation of Penal Code section 4573.6, possession of drug paraphernalia by a state prison inmate. The underlying facts are not in dispute: defendant was searched when he was transferred into the California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi from Folsom State Prison, and incident to the search defendant was X-rayed. The X-ray revealed a foreign object secreted in defendant’s rectum which was found to consist of an altered hypodermic syringe in a plastic tubular container. Consistent with his plea bargain,…