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Pot Case Tossed
Posted by CN Staff on January 11, 2003 at 08:22:09 PT
By Gretchen Drummie, Sun Media
Source: Edmonton Sun
Toronto -- A second Ontario judge has "pounded another stake in the heart" of Canada's pot law, finding there is nothing on the books forbidding the possession of small amounts of dope. Ontario Court of Justice Judge John Moore yesterday threw out a simple possession charge against a 40-year-old man with no criminal record who was alleged to have had the equivalent of a joint in his pocket.
Moore agreed with his Windsor colleague Justice Douglas Phillips who on Jan. 2 found there are no laws in Canada prohibiting the possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana. Moore found that the law as it currently stands in Ontario "no longer exists." Thus, he said, the charge against Martin Barnes is "an offence not known to law" and is null and void. "Anyone charged with simple possession of marijuana in this city should be on their phones to their lawyers this afternoon telling them to get into court and get these charges thrown out," said lawyer Aaron Harnett who won the argument. Barnes is also charged with dangerously driving his motorcycle in gridlock in downtown Toronto on July 2002. It was in the course of his arrest the pot allegation arose. The Windsor decision flowed from a July 2000 Court of Appeal ruling that gave Parliament a year to amend the law or it would fall off the books. Parliament didn't and instead regulations were installed that Justice Sidney Lederman found unconstitutional this week. Court heard the Windsor case will be appealed by the Crown on Feb. 21. "Justice Moore pounded another stake into the heart of the marijuana laws today," Harnett said. Note: Second Ontario judge says no law was broken.Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Author: Gretchen Drummie -- Sun MediaPublished:   Saturday, January 11, 2003 Copyright: 2003 Canoe Limited PartnershipContact: sun.letters ccinet.ab.ca Website: http://www.fyiedmonton.com/htdocs/edmsun.shtmlRelated Articles & Web Site:Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmAnother Court Rules Against Marijuana Laws http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15163.shtmlPot Possession Not Illegal, Judge Ruleshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15099.shtml
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Comment #1 posted by The GCW on January 11, 2003 at 09:28:18 PT
Oh Cannada!
A second Ontario judge has "pounded another stake in the heart" of Canada's pot law, It is a filthy mind that wants to confront a ..."man with no criminal record who was alleged to have had the equivalent of a joint in his pocket." Do You prohibitionists hear that? I believe You have a filthy mind, and worse, if You are interested in caging YOur brother for using a plant.It is time for cannabis prohibitionists to give earth and Christ God Our Father a break from such sin.Prohibitionists are a failure and threat to a peacful society.And Cannada is going to be helping prohibitionists get real.If YOur happiness depends on caging humans for using a plant, You better find another sport, 'cause this one's goin' down!
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