California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §11356.5: (a) Any person convicted of a violation of Section 11351, 11352, 11379.

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What this law says, in plain English

A person convicted of certain drug offenses who induced another to commit the same offense faces additional prison time based on the drug's retail value: one year if over $500,000, two years if over $2 million, or three years if over $5 million.

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(a) Any person convicted of a violation of Section 11351, 11352, 11379.5, or 11379.6 insofar as the latter section relates to phencyclidine or any of its analogs which is specified in paragraph (21), (22), or (23) of subdivision (d) of Section 11054 or in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 11055, who, as part of the transaction for which he or she was convicted, has induced another to violate Section 11351, 11352, 11379.5, or 11379.6 insofar as the latter section relates to phencyclidine or its analogs, shall be punished as follows: (1) By an additional one year in prison if the value of the controlled substance involved in the transaction for which the person was convicted exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). (2) By an additional two years in prison if the value of the controlled substance involved in the transaction for which the person was convicted exceeds two million dollars ($2,000,000). (3) By an additional three years in prison if the value of the controlled substance involved in the transaction for which the person was convicted exceeds five million dollars ($5,000,000). (b) For purposes of this section, “value of the controlled substance” means the retail price to the user.

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