cannabisnews.com: Kubbys' Trial Begins Tuesday Kubbys' Trial Begins Tuesday Posted by FoM on February 15, 2000 at 06:38:15 PT By Jessica R. Towhey, Journal Staff Writer Source: Auburn Journal Medical marijuana proponents Steven and Michele Kubby appeared in an Auburn courtroom Monday seeking to delay a trial to prosecute them on charges of possession of marijuana for sale.However, Judge James L. Roeder denied two motions to continue, saying the case has dragged on for more than a year and has hit several bumps along the road to trial. Furthermore, Roeder assigned the case to himself and both parties will appear Feb. 22 to begin the trial phase.Assistant District Attorney Chris Cattran told Roeder that Monday's request for a continuance would set back a case that is already more than a year old."We're ready to go and don't see the need to drag this out any further," Cattran said.Most recently, Steven Kubby filed on Feb. 10 for a counselor substitution to replace Dale Woods with J. Tony Serra, a well-known San Francisco attorney, to represent Steven Kubby.Michele Kubby will continue to be represented by Joe Farina, who was not present in Auburn Monday. According to Woods, who spoke on Farina's behalf, Farina had to appear in a Sacramento courtroom for another case.With more than 3,000 pages of information gathered by the Placer County District Attorney's Office to be used against the Kubbys, though, Serra petitioned for additional time to review the material."I was asked to come in," Serra said. "Maybe I have a greater appetite where there is voluminous discovery."Although Serra said after Roeder squashed the motion to delay trial he wouldn't completely rule himself out of the case, Woods indicated in the courtroom that Serra would probably be the most effective attorney."Without question, this is one of the most vigorously pursued marijuana cases I've ever seen," he said. "Mr. Kubby is under the belief that Mr. Serra is better suited. Frankly, under the circumstances, I agree."Although Roeder said he understood Serra's concern about digesting the information, he pointed out that up until last week, the same two attorneys had been on the case, which was originally set to be tried last May.With Roeder's decision to press on with the trial, Serra's representation of Steven Kubby looks questionable. Serra said his calendar would preclude him from appearing in Auburn until April.Although several hundred pages of documents have been released by the District Attorney's Office on Jan. 13 and Jan. 27, 2000, Cattran said the information in the stacks were part of the seizure from the Kubby's Olympic Village home on Jan. 19, 1999.Cattran said the information was mostly phone and bank records and approximately 300 pages of medical records.Kubby, an unsuccessful Libertarian California gubernatorial candidate in 1998, maintains his consumption of marijuana has held in check malignant pheochromocytoma, a rare form of adrenal cancer from which he suffers.During the Jan. 19, 1999 raid on the Kubbys' home by the Placer County Sheriff's Office, 265 marijuana plants along with the Kubbys' computerized financial files were seized. Both Kubbys maintain they followed a physician's recommendation in growing the plants.The trial will begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Department 4 at the historic courthouse on Maple Street. Published: February 15, 2000Copyright Auburn JournalThe Kubby Fileshttp://www.kubby.com/CannabisNews Search & Archives On The Kubby Case:http://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtmlhttp://www.alltheweb.com/cgi-bin/asearch?type=all&query=cannabisnews+Kubby Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #5 posted by CongressmanSuet on February 15, 2000 at 21:01:50 PT Hey, I knew that..... Jules Verne is one of my favorites. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by kaptinemo on February 15, 2000 at 08:09:40 PT Okay, you asked for it (smile) My 'moniker' is a phonetic representation of the words Captain Nemo, the commander of the submarine Nautilus in the old Jules Verne novel of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. When he was asked his name, he responded with the word, nemo. In Latin, it means 'nobody'. I hope I satisfied your curiosity (grin). [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by greenfox on February 15, 2000 at 07:49:00 PT Regarding kaptinemo Hey Kap, you post to this board a lot.. I was going to ask you this eons ago, but... 1) How do you pronounce "kaptinemo"?2) What the h#11 does it mean? :)Ok, I'm outta here for now. ;) [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by greenfox on February 15, 2000 at 07:44:29 PT Admire Admire me, admire my home, admire my song, and here it goes:"A sick appetite, a nightly feast...those ignorant bastards got nuthin' on me"I'm at peace, with my lust, I can kill cuz' in God I trust..Lawyers and judges go hand in hand far and wide, they shall judge the landNo arms, no legs, oh well, oh well,Smoke that joint and I'll show you your cellThis land is mine, this land is "free",Do what I want, do it irresponsibly...Build those bombs, stack them HIGHER.....and watch the earth go down in fire...Kilo by kilo, burning the drugs..."Just doing our job," bleeted the thugs"The children, the children,!" the politicians screamFor the sake of the children dies the american dream...I rise in the morning, I'll fall to my causeNo rational sense, do it "because"....I am a theif,I am a liar..There's my church I sing in the choir...Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.... [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by kaptinemo on February 15, 2000 at 07:39:08 PT Children, can you say, "Snowjob"? The attempted burrying of the Kubby case under piles of paperwork appears to be the latest tactic in the antis arsenel, proving the old government adage of "if you can't dazzle them with the facts, baffle them with b------t". I only hope that one of the items confiscated from the Kubby home was that book that contains the marijuana laws in all 50 States. In one case recently, the prosecution attempted to use the book as evidence of wrongdoing; the defense very cleverly had a detective read from the book the chapter that covers jury nullification. The jury acquitted the defendant on receiving that information - which needless to say, neither the judge or the prosecution was going to admit exists. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: