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Posted by FoM on April 30, 2002 at 08:32:45 PT By Edgar Sanchez -- Bee Staff Writer Source: Sacramento Bee 
Two men went on trial Monday in Sacramento Superior Court on charges that they cultivated 390 marijuana plants, mainly in a Carmichael warehouse, with the intention of illegally selling them.Michael C. Urziceanu and Michael T. Reitmeier, both 37, describe themselves as medical-marijuana patients who grew the pot for their own use under provisions of Proposition 215. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #3 posted by 2Spooky on May 01, 2002 at 07:31:28 PT |
| Thanks for the personal comments on the lawyers. That sort of thing is very interesting to me. My criminal law instructor at college is friends with Mr. Serra and is a pro tem judge/defense lawyer himself. We became good buddies after I wrote a ficticious Affidavit and Warrant app on the WhiteHouse and some of its occupants as an exercise (pretty funny), so he intends to get me a summer job clerking in the PDs office, and I hope some day to follow in Mr Serra's footsteps and those of his compatriots. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by releafer on April 30, 2002 at 09:09:14 PT |
| Zenia Gilg, the lawyer for Urziceanu is from the Law Firm of Tony Serra. She was my counsel twice and won both times on the warrant. She was a former prosecuter in Sacramento and loves to go against peers and is very dilligent. Her staff and pool of talent in her firm is incredible. She won for me twice, once in Superior Court supressing evidence and again in California Appellate Court without oral argument. David Nick is no slouch either. He will make Mick(a real prick) and liar sweat on the stand. He better have every piece of paper from his life with him as Nick will interpet him as a liar and a munipulator of pot facts. With these two lawyers it will be a great case to watch. These defendants are lucky the Fed didn't take them with that many plants. Lets see....1/2 of 385...then what stages they were in....then actual weight...systems and a elimination of some that were possibly male ...all factors they will get 85 each and bargin down to probation, after a guilty plea if the arguments about the warrant are decided in Superior court they could be facing suspended sentence 3 yr probation and still get to grow and smoke...under 215. I was on probation while on appeal and still the court had to allow me my civil rights under prop 215. There is a Marijuana exemption law on the books H&S 11353 or 335 (California) that if you get busted for pot ONLY they can't drug test you on probation. The Major argument to be presented is why under Prop 215 the government is suposed to work with us on supply...its at the end of the proposition...But the State has never opened ANY GATE for production...SO there will be people growing more to share W/OTHERS AS the STATE is not doing its part in the Law and Spirit OF PROP 215. WHEN ARE YOU STATE LEADERS GONNA COMPLY WITH THE LAW????? PLANT IT EVERYWHERE.................... [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by Dark Star on April 30, 2002 at 08:56:40 PT |
| This is a recurring theme in these prosecutions. Patients are accused of sales of cannabis. The weird thing is, that the government never has proof of those sales. Could it be because they are not occurring? Hopefully these defendants will go free, and the DA's will become paranoid about their case percentages, wasted money, and dealing with true crimes. Wouldn't that be the day? [ Post Comment ] |
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