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[OR] Medical marijuana grower gets 60 days jail time despite protest by NORML
#13295406 - 10/05/10 07:37 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Medical marijuana grower gets 60 days jail time despite protest by NORML October 5, 2010 - Associated Press
MEDFORD -- A 22-year-old man with a medical marijuana card has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for growing more marijuana than his card allowed.
Joshua Brewer was convicted by a Jackson County jury in June for the unlawful manufacture and possession of marijuana. His sentencing Monday came after months of legal maneuvering and a protest by members of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML.
Brewer's public defender, Michael Bertholf, asked Jackson County Circuit Judge Ray White to dismiss all charges, arguing Brewer did not violate state law and that the judge had not instructed the jury about medical marijuana laws.
Bertholf said the plant in question had been harvested just days before the raid, and about half of the plant seized was not usable marijuana.
The judge agreed to dismiss weapons and endangering charges but ruled the possession and manufacturing charges would stand, saying the jury would determine how much of the marijuana was usable.
Brewer and two other medical marijuana cardholders were growing marijuana at their home when Brewer was arrested on Sept. 27, 2009.
White agreed to delay Brewer's sentencing after he was informed that Brewer had released his lawyer and would be represented by Portland attorney Leland Berger, who assisted in drafting the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act. But Berger soon withdrew, declining to discuss the reasons, and Bertholf returned to the case.
A handful of NORML members stood outside the courthouse in August, protesting Brewer's conviction and promising to seek donations to appeal it.
The group threatened a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, but the newspaper said court records showed no lawsuit had been filed.
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Re: [OR] Medical marijuana grower gets 60 days jail time despite protest by NORML [Re: veggie]
#13300073 - 10/06/10 06:03 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you want to read more of the story it can be found http://issuu.com/occonline/docs/pages_1to5 on page 4 there. Its not in a very convenient format, but essentially the police responded to the house for a "shots fired" call. They searched the house without a warrant and found freshly harvested cannabis hanging to dry. There were three medical card holders in the residence which allowed them to have 4.5 pounds of usable marijuana, defined as "the dried leaves and flowers of the plant Cannabis family Moraceae." The police bagged and sealed 5.26 pounds of what the crime lab later "identified" as "unidentifiable vegetable matter". They were unable to identify it because it had become moldy and rotten from having been sealed up still wet.
He was convicted of 2 counts of felony possession and manufacture of marijuana.
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Re: [OR] Medical marijuana grower gets 60 days jail time despite protest by NORML *DELETED* [Re: Ojom]
#13303464 - 10/07/10 11:30 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Post deleted by anunnakianReason for deletion: D'oh, wrong story.
Edited by 4runner (10/07/10 11:31 AM)
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Re: [OR] Medical marijuana grower gets 60 days jail time despite protest by NORML [Re: 4runner]
#13306258 - 10/07/10 10:32 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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anunnakian said: A little more info from the "Medford Mail tribune" http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101001/NEWS/10010322
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... During the search, the team found and seized 53 mature plants and 274 starter plants, as well as processed marijuana, authorities said in a news release Thursday. Officials said the ongoing investigation precluded releasing information about the raid earlier.
Investigators also seized more than $12,300 cash, packaging material, electronic scales, a police scanner, and seven firearms, including four handguns, a shotgun, and two rifles, one of which is an AR-15 assault rifle, the news release said. ...
I always love how they have to mention the "assault rifle" Jeeze the stores sell em for 800 bucks around here.
This information does not apply to the story originally posted by Veggie and updated by myself. The story posted by anunnakian is something entirely different. Joshua Brewer got a seriously raw deal and I hope his convictions are reversed on appeal.
As for what anunnakian posted, that dude may be looking at federal time for 200+ plants.
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