Woman avoids jail, again

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Woman avoids jail, again

‘You have skated amazingly,’ judge says
Ramsey

Woman avoids jail, again

Ramsey
‘Fabricated’ charges explained

The Cortez Journal
'Legal fiction' is defined as an assertion accepted as true, though probably fictitious, to achieve a particular goal in a legal matter.
The practice was applied in the Jasmine Ramsey case heard by Chief District Court Judge Doug Walker on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
Jasmine Ramsey, 21, of Cortez, was arrested and charged in three separate burglary cases: first, after allegedly breaking into the home of a sheriff’s deputy on Nov. 1, 2013, and charged with multiple burglary and drug offenses; second, after allegedly breaking into a residence on County Road 21; and third, in connection to a break-in of a local public official. In all three cases, Ramsey allegedly tried to steal prescription medications.
Public defender Kenneth Pace that argued that Ramsey should not receive a felony conviction because it’s better for drug addicts to steal prescription pills from a medicine cabinet than to buy heroin off the streets.
Deputy District Attorney Sean Murray also argued for the plea deal, saying that the victims were close family friends who wanted the defendant to receive treatment rather than a criminal record.
Under the plea deal, Ramsey pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges this week, including criminal trespass and medical practitioner in possession of an illegal substance. All other felony charges connected to the Nov. 1, 2013, and Feb. 25, 2014, burglaries would be dismissed.
In open court, Murray described the medical practitioner in possession of an illegal drug offense as 'legal fiction.'

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