What was the holding in Robinson v. California?
A) Drug addiction was comparable to a disease and therefore was not a crime.
B) The California statute prohibiting the addiction to narcotics was constitutional.
C) Because illegal narcotic use or purchase was required for addiction, addiction is a criminal act.
D) Robinson's only criminally punishable offense, according to the Eighth Amendment, was the sale of illegal narcotics.
A
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