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"Courtney Love&amp;apos;s arraignment on a misdemeanor count of being under\nthe influence of a controlled substance -- stemming from an October\n3rd arrest -- was postponed Friday, the second time the case has\nbeen delayed.\nLove&amp;apos;s attorney William Genego appeared in a downtown Los\nAngeles courtroom this morning to ask Los Angeles Superior Court\nCommissioner John W. Green for extra time before entering Love&amp;apos;s\nplea in the case. Deputy City Attorney Matthew Schonbrun, the\nprosecutor in the case, objected to the request, saying Love&amp;apos;s\n&amp;quot;celebrity status&amp;quot; should not affect the case.\nAfter taking Schonbrun&amp;apos;s objections into consideration, Judge\nGreen ruled in favor of the defense. &amp;quot;A second continuance on an\narraignment, while not the norm, is not uncommon,&amp;quot; he said &amp;quot;And I&amp;apos;m\nprepared to grant up to two weeks.&amp;quot; Love&amp;apos;s counsel agreed to return\nto court November 14th, to enter Love&amp;apos;s plea to the charge.\nThe misdemeanor charge stems from Love&amp;apos;s arrest in the early\nhours of October 3rd after she allegedly broke windows at the home\nof ex-boyfriend Jim Barber. Love was booked in violation of Health\nand Safety Code 11550, under the influence of a controlled\nsubstance. Shortly after her release, emergency workers responded\nto a 911 call and Love was rushed to an emergency room after an\napparent overdose.\n&amp;quot;We need more time to review the discovery and explore what our\noptions are on the case,&amp;quot; Genego told Rolling Stone. &amp;quot;We\nstill haven&amp;apos;t gotten the medical report.&amp;quot; Although the maximum\npenalty for the misdemeanor charge is up to a year in jail, Genego\nbelieves Love is still eligible for California Proposition 36, a\nprogram that allows first-time offenders to enter rehab instead of\nserving jail time. &amp;quot;You can go to trial and be convicted and still\nbe eligible for Proposition 36,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;And she is\n[eligible]. That&amp;apos;s one of the options we have available to us.&amp;quot;\nLove&amp;apos;s arraignment on the misdemeanor charge will follow her\nNovember 12th arraignment in Beverly Hills by the District Attorney\non two separate felony drug possession counts stemming from the\nsame incident."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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