cannabisnews.com: Art Garfunkel To Fight Marijuana Possession Charge Art Garfunkel To Fight Marijuana Possession Charge Posted by CN Staff on January 28, 2004 at 16:45:41 PT By The Associated Press Source: Associated Press Hurley, N.Y. -- Rock folk legend Art Garfunkel will fight a marijuana possession charge he faces in upstate New York. Garfunkel, part of the folk music duo Simon and Garfunkel, sent attorney Michael Federoff to appear in court on his behalf on Wednesday. The case was adjourned until Feb. 11, the Daily Freeman of Kingston reported. Garfunkel, 62, of Manhattan, was charged with marijuana possession on Jan. 17 after state police stopped his limousine for speeding in Hurley, 55 miles southwest of Albany. Police said a trooper smelled marijuana when he approached the limo and found 6 grams of marijuana in Garfunkel's jacket pocket. Garfunkel faces up to a $100 fine, unless he has had a criminal conviction in the past three years. Authorities won't say if he has a prior record. Federoff declined to discuss the case. A call to Garfunkel's New York City-based publicist, Fran Curtis, of the firm Rogers & Cowan, was not immediately returned Wednesday night. Garfunkel recently completed a U.S. concert tour with Paul Simon, their first in 20 years. Simon and Garfunkel, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, produced a string of hits in the 1960s, including "The Sounds of Silence," "Mrs. Robinson," "Old Friends" and "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)." Source: Associated Press Published: January 28, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Associated Press Art Garfunkelhttp://www.artgarfunkel.com/Simon & Garfunkelhttp://www.simonandgarfunkel.com/CannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #13 posted by FoM on February 11, 2004 at 17:05:43 PT Related News Brief from The Associated Press Singer Art Garfunkel Admits To Drug Charge Wednesday, February 11, 2004 HURLEY, N.Y. (AP) Art Garfunkel pleaded guilty to marijuana possession in upstate New York and paid $200 in fines. The singer's attorney was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday but instead entered a guilty plea Feb. 4, the Daily Freeman of Kingston reported. Garfunkel paid a $100 fine and $100 in costs, court officials said Wednesday. Garfunkel, 62, of Manhattan, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana after state police stopped his limousine for speeding Jan. 17 in Hurley, 55 miles southwest of Albany. The trooper who stopped the limo, in which Garfunkel was the lone passenger, smelled marijuana and found a bag containing 6 grams of the drug in Garfunkel's jacket pocket, police said. Garfunkel recently completed a U.S. concert tour with Paul Simon, their first in 20 years. Simon and Garfunkel produced a string of hits in the 1960s, including "The Sound of Silence," "Mrs. Robinson," "Old Friends" and "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)." Copyright: 2004 The Associated Press [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by ekim on January 30, 2004 at 19:31:31 PT The dissenting judge, this is what he said CALLER: I wonder, Bill, if you've felt that the U.S. government will repeal the marijuana laws across America as we are at Marijuanamission.com, Canadians For Safe Access? KING: Do you see marijuana legal? MAHER: Are you high? No. But can I read something, Larry? This is from -- there was a huge case, recently, the Ninth court said basically Proposition 15 is okay. That's the one that said medical marijuana. It's kind of tricky. You can have marijuana, you just can't obtain it. I'm not kidding. That's what it is. If it magically appears in your hand or you grow it, but you can't buy it. KING: We had a patient on who was sent marijuana every month by the government. MAHER: As long as you don't actually -- there's no intrastate commerce. That's what it's about. The dissenting judge, this is what he said. This is very instructive in what goes on in the drug world. He said, "even if you're not paying for the marijuana, you're using a crop which could be sold in the marketplace and which is also being used for medical purpose in place of other drugs which would have to be purchased in the marketplace."So in other words, people who use medical marijuana are hurting the profits of the drug companies, and that's what this is all about. If you want to ever learn what goes on in the drug war, follow the money. It's all about the money. The Partnership for a Drug-Free America does not want a drug-free America. It wants an America free of the drugs that are its competition. Liquor and prescription drugs. [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by FoM on January 29, 2004 at 15:38:33 PT E! Online News Article Garfunkel Fights Pot ChargeBy Josh Grossberg January 29, 2004He is a rock, indeed. Art Garfunkel has decided to fight his marijuana charge. The tall half of Simon and Garfunkel could have simply paid a $100 fine and been done with the case. But he has decided to contest the charge. Apparently not wanting to leave fans with the impression that he was feeling more than a little groovy, Garfunkel had his attorney Michael Federoff appear in an upstate New York courtroom in his stead on Wednesday and persuade Judge Athena Groelle to set a February 11 hearing on the case, reports the Daily Freeman of Kingston, New York. Garfunkel was on his way to Woodstock, New York, on the afternoon of January 17 when state troopers pulled over his limousine for speeding near the town of Hurley, 55 miles southwest of the state capital of Albany. As an officer approached the car to write a ticket, he allegedly caught a whiff of ganja emanating from inside. The officer searched the limo and found 6 grams of marijuana in the 62-year-old musician's jacket pocket, according to police. The driver, Ousmane Toure of the Bronx, walked away with a speeding ticket. Garfunkel was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. Federoff refused to comment on why his client would bother to go to the efforts of fighting what on the surface appears to be a minor slap on the wrist. Calls to Garfunkel's publicist were not immediately returned. The $100 fine is the maximum penalty accorded people without past criminal convictions for the last three years. No word whether Artie has any such priors, but the fine was less than the average $137 the crooner was charging concertgoers per ticket for his hugely successful reunion trek with Paul Simon. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are preparing another leg of their blockbuster "Old Friends" tour, their first in more than two decades. Simon and Garfunkel's first installment netted $65 million last year and ranked as the sixth-biggest tour of 2003, according to industry tracker Pollstar. Billboard magazine reports the pair are planning to return to markets in North America they felt were "underplayed the first time around." They will follow up with a tour of Europe and possibly Japan. Copyright: 2004 E! Entertainment Television, Inc. http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13384,00.html?tnews Cannabis News Breaking News Archives [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by FoM on January 29, 2004 at 13:35:34 PT Transcripts of Larry King Live With Bill Maher The whole show was good but it is a snipped source so I thought posting the link would work out best. Here it is!http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0401/28/lkl.00.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by Hope on January 29, 2004 at 04:19:32 PT Garfunkel is working Heard on the radio that he had a concert in Fort Worth last night. I hope he fights, too. [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by FoM on January 28, 2004 at 21:31:52 PT Related Article from The Daily Freeman.com Garfunkel Drug Case on Hold for Two Weeks By Hallie Arnold , Freeman Staff January 29, 2004 HURLEY - Art Garfunkel could have just paid the fine and been homeward bound, but the singer sent his attorney to court in his place on Wednesday and had his drug possession case adjourned until Feb. 11.Kingston lawyer Michael Federoff appeared on Garfunkel's behalf in Hurley Town Court and spent several minutes in a private conference with Justice Athena Groelle before the judge returned to the bench and said the case would be held over for two weeks.Garfunkel, half of the folk music duo Simon and Garfunkel, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, on Jan. 17 after his limousine was pulled over for speeding on state Route 28 in Hurley. Police said the trooper who stopped the limo smelled marijuana upon approaching the car and found 6 grams of marijuana in Garfunkel's jacket pocket.The maximum penalty Garfunkel faces is a $100 fine, unless he has had a criminal conviction in the past three years. Authorities have declined to say whether the singer has a prior record.Federoff declined to discuss the case on Wednesday, and he wouldn't even identify himself."I'm not authorized to make any statements," he said twice, once upon entering the courthouse and again as he left.The lawyer's name was obtained from the court. Garfunkel, 62, lives in Manhattan and was en route to Woodstock when his limo was stopped, police have said. The driver, Ousmane Toure of the Bronx, was ticketed for speeding.Garfunkel and his musical partner, Paul Simon, completed a 30-city concert tour of the United States - their first in 20 years - in late December. Simon and Garfunkel's hits during their brief recording partnership in the 1960s included "Mrs. Robinson," "The Sounds of Silence," "Homeward Bound" and "I Am a Rock."Garfunkel has issued no statement about his arrest, either through his attorney or his New York City-based publicist, Fran Curtis, of the firm Rogers and Cowan.Garfunkel's next scheduled appearance in Hurley Town Court is 4:30 p.m. Feb. 11. Copyright: Daily Freeman 2004 http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1769&dept_id=74969&newsid=10883802&PAG=461&rfi=9 Cannabis News Breaking News Archives [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by FoM on January 28, 2004 at 20:46:46 PT ekim I missed the show but I am going to watch it at 12 PM. Alison Myrden said she was the last caller. I hope others get to check out Larry King Live Tonight. Thanks Again!!!http://www.themarijuanamission.com/ [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by BUDSNAXZ on January 28, 2004 at 20:34:49 PT NORML Webcast I have tried for 2 weeks to connect and tonight I called the number on Glenn Klein's website. I actually got Glenn Klein on the phone and he informed me that they were taking a sabbatical. He said they would not be online broadcasting for a while but to keep checking back so I'm assuming it will come back some time. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on January 28, 2004 at 18:54:53 PT ekim Thanks for the reminder but it won't connect for me. Maybe someone else will have luck but I didn't. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by ekim on January 28, 2004 at 18:01:54 PT Bill Marhar on Larry King now Please mark your calender and set your computer's browser to view and listen to the 'National NORMLcast' every Wednesday evening 10:00 PM (eastern).Webcast Info Wed. Jan. 7, 2004 10:00 pm EST http://av.mediavac.com/ramgen/encoder/gko/gko.rmTo receive the National NORMLcast you'll need Real Audio, to down load the latest version of Real Audio.click here - http://www.real.com/realone/index.html?lang=en&loc=usDL: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5877 [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Treeanna on January 28, 2004 at 17:18:31 PT Search issue I bet he challenges it based on probable cause to search, extent of search, etc.Not to mention PC to pull over the limo. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on January 28, 2004 at 16:47:15 PT Is There Something in The Air? I can't believe he is willing to fight this charge. This is such good news. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment