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State Supreme Court Ends Hillcrest Marijuana Case 
Posted by CN Staff on April 24, 2004 at 11:40:53 PT
By Greg Moran, Union-Tribune Staff Writer
Source: Union Tribune 
A long-running case of judicial pingpong ended yesterday when the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously that drug charges against four San Diego medical marijuana activists were properly dismissed by a Superior Court judge in 2001. While the case centered on the activities of a now-defunct Hillcrest medical marijuana clinic, the ruling by the high court actually had little to do with that controversial issue.
Instead the justices, as three San Diego Superior Court judges and three appellate court justices before them had done, wrestled with the esoteric questions of the authority judges have in reviewing decisions of other judges and the standards for dismissing charges. The upshot of the tangled case: Drug possession and sales charges against clinic owners Carolyn Konow and her son, Steve Rohr, and workers Amy Toosley and Daniel O'Neil are quashed, said Michael McCabe, Konow's lawyer. But the four-year odyssey has left its mark. The clinic has long been closed and Konow, once a prominent advocate for the medicinal use of marijuana, is now keeping a low profile. "This case has made paupers of them all," McCabe said. "Unfortunately, the vindication today came at a heavy price." The prosecutor who worked on the case was out of the office yesterday and could not be reached for comment. Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/hillcrest.htmSource: San Diego Union Tribune (CA)Author: Greg Moran, Union-Tribune Staff WriterPublished: April 23, 2004 Copyright: 2004 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.Contact: letters uniontrib.comWebsite: http://www.uniontrib.com/CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml
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