A 57-year-old nurse was sentenced to 40 hours of community service Oct. 20 after being convicted for refusing to wear a mask while inside a Costa Mesa, California, grocery store. Marianne Campbell Smith was pronounced guilty of trespassing with intent to interfere with business and obstructing or intimidating a business or customers, with jurors deliberating for only 45 minutes. She pleaded no contest June 9. In addition, Smith will need to pay a $200 fine and $895 in penalties during her one year of informal probation. She was also demanded to stay away from the grocery store. In August 2020, Smith went to Mother’s Market, a local grocery store in Costa Mesa, where face masks were required at the time due to state health standards. She participated in a mask protest outside of the store. Smith and two other women from the protest then walked into the store without masks, …
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