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Forty Dollars a Shell
People v. Robles (2023)
Charge: Conspiracy / abalone poachingCourt: California Superior Court, Mendocino CountyState: CaliforniaDocket: The Poacher's Docket
Was a repeat diver taking abalone from a closed fishery and selling them, acting on an agreement with another to do it?
The facts
The red abalone fishery is shut. Nobody may take one. In March a man was found with thirty-one of them, and with fentanyl. Released, he was picked up again the following month, this time with his brother and fifteen more abalone. Both said they were selling the shellfish on the black market at about forty dollars each. He said poaching had been his main source of income for three years.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: People v. Robles (Mendocino County Super. Ct. 2023)
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