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Newspaper Reports on Delays in Kubby Case!
Posted by FoM on July 29, 1999 at 08:15:11 PT
Kubby Announce
Source: The Kubby Files
Note: Instead of just granting a continuance for the Kubbys, so that they and their attorneys would have a chance to study the evidence being used against them, the prosecution has forced the Kubbys to show up in court nearly everyday for the past two weeks. That's expensive and exhausting for a family facing bankruptcy with a small child, a pregnant wife and husband who is still fighting cancer.
Pubdate: Thu 29 Jul 1999 Source: Auburn Journal Copyright: 1999 Auburn Journal Contact: ElPatricio aol.com Address: 1030 High St., Auburn, CA 95603 Website: http://www.auburnjournal.com/ Author: Dena Erwin KUBBY COURT DATE POSTPONED AGAINBy Dena Erwin, Journal Staff Writer The Placer County District Attorney's Office exercised its option to disqualify a judge, leaving the marijuana cultivation case against Steve and Michele Kubby up in the air. Attorneys will gather again today, as they have each day this week, to find a courtroom - and a judge suitable to both sides. Wednesday morning, Judge Larry Gaddis assigned the case to Judge Joe O'Flaherty in Roseville, but Deputy District Attorney Christopher Cattran asked for and was granted the disqualification. After declaring "this case needs to get going," Gaddis scheduled another meeting Wednesday afternoon, but during that hearing the matter was bumped again until 1:30 p.m. today. Tuesday, the defense disqualified Gaddis from presiding over the case. Michele Kubby's attorney Joe Farina stated he believed Gaddis would be prejudiced against the case and therefore could not be fair and impartial. The Kubbys are accused of growing and selling marijuana in their Olympic Valley home. They were arrested during a raid there by the North Tahoe Task Force, which found 265 plants. The couple possess medical recommendations to use pot for medicinal purposes and say they were within the guidelines of Proposition 215, the state's Compassionate Use law. Steve Kubby, 52, states marijuana has kept his rare adrenal gland cancer at bay for 23 years, while Michele, 32, uses it for an intestinal disorder. THE KUBBY FILEShttp://www.kubby.comMonarch Bay Plaza #375Dana Point, Ca 92629DON'T GET LEFT OUT OF THE LOOP:Subscribe: Kubby-Announce-on list.kubby.orgUnsubscribe: Kubby-Announce-off list.kubby.orgKubbys Await Trial On Pot Cultivation - July 28, 1999 http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread2251.shtml
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on July 29, 1999 at 10:25:49 PT:
On the Road With The Kubbys!
July 28, 1999(Auburn, CA) The Kubby trial...or what might one day be the Kubby trial, is on hold once again.Placer County has spent one year and unknown hundreds of thousands of dollars bringing the Kubby's to trial over their choice of medicine.Based on a single ANONYMOUS letter that was effectively termed "junk" by the Sheriff who originally received it, the total cost to the county's taxpayers for just the 6 month surveillance of the Kubby home remains a closely guarded secret that nobody in Placer County Government wants to discuss.A couple of weeks ago Judge Gaddis refused the Kubby request for a continuance...Got to get this trial started and the sooner the better. Despite the fact that the Kubby's had not had sufficient time to examine court-ordered evidence provided much too late by DA Fennochio and his henchmen. That set the stage for what is transpiring now...Placer County doesn't currently have anywhere to house the spectacular trial, so they're stalling and engaging in harassment techniques. The court could have told the Kubby's and their legal team on Monday that there was unlikely to be a court available, but that would have been too simple...too courteous...too decent.The Kubby's and their legal team spent six hours today driving from Tahoe to Auburn today. That's two round trips at three hours each. The Kubbys were in court at 8:00am and were told that no court or judge was available, and to return at 1:30pm. The same thing happened again at 1:30pm. No Court...No Judge.The Kubby's will be back in court at 1:30pm tomorrow. The real question is, "Will anyone else be there?"Art Sobey      THE KUBBY FILEShttp://www.kubby.comMonarch Bay Plaza #375Dana Point, Ca 92629DON'T GET LEFT OUT OF THE LOOP:Subscribe: Kubby-Announce-on list.kubby.orgUnsubscribe: Kubby-Announce-off list.kubby.org
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