Judge orders marijuana returned to man

[lightning]

BY DAVID CASTELLON • dcastell@visalia.gannett.com • April 16, 2009

 

 

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/2...EWS01/904160332

 

 

Last month, Richard Daleman and his lawyer convinced a jury that he was growing marijuana legally to treat his pain problems and not breaking the law.

On Wednesday, the 61-year-old man had another victory when Tulare County Superior Court Judge Darryl Ferguson ordered that all the marijuana county sheriff's deputies had confiscated from him Dec. 16 be returned.

 

"They're giving me every gram of it back," said Daleman, who had been arrested and jailed for weeks after deputies searched his home and found processed and unprocessed marijuana he had grown in his backyard garden, as well as dozens of new plants he had recently purchased.

 

At the time, Daleman had recommendations from two doctors to grow and use marijuana to treat pain from arthritis and other conditions, and he had registered as a grower and user of medicinal marijuana with the Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency.

 

Despite this, he was arrested and charged anyway with two counts each of possessing marijuana for sale and cultivating marijuana.

 

After a jury found him not guilty on March 27, Daleman was released from jail, but prosecutors refused to return his marijuana and growing equipment despite a court order by Ferguson.

 

 

Finally the courts are doing the right thing and the prosecutors still refuse to play nice. I think the judge needs to issues warrants for contempt of court on the prosecutors.

Edited April 17, 2009 by lightning

[Morgaine]

Thats awesome, what a great precedent for them!

 

Poor bugger in pain having to spend weeks in jail, now THAT'S what I call criminal.

[vertexx]

Thanks for that, Lightning.

Very interesting indeed.

I wonder if here in Australia there would be

any such recomendations from doctors ??

 

I can't imagine it being so.!!

Am I wrong..huh ??

[lightning]

I wonder if here in Australia there would be

any such recomendations from doctors ??

Not that I can find!!!

 

Poor bugger in pain having to spend weeks in jail, now THAT'S what I call criminal.

 

Yes a human rights atrocity in my view, bastards should be charged for it

[Radic]

i always ask for my medicinal herbs and gardening equipment back

in writting

last time the judge said i could have my gradening gear back but not the cannabis

so i went to the cop shop showed them the document from the judge

they laughed big time at me, called me a criminal and said i would only continue to grow cannabis with it

yes i said its my medicine

cannabis or a wheelchair

what would you chose???

well you cant have it back cause we burned it

was his reply

[luciddreaming]

FUCK that radic. Did you sue them?

 

I though they had to keep evidence for a set amount of time? like a few years?

Cocksuckers....

 

Anyway good news for Richard Daleman! Woopee!