cannabisnews.com: Sentencing for Duo Delayed Sentencing for Duo Delayed Posted by FoM on April 11, 2000 at 11:07:27 PT By Maline Hazle, Record Searchlight Source: Record Searchlight A flurry of last-minute defense motions Monday delayed sentencing of a Redding mother and son, both medicinal marijuana users, on pot cultivation conspiracy convictions.The motions included a request for a new trial and another asking Shasta County Superior Court Judge Bradley Boeckman to overrule the Feb. 22 convictions of Jim Hall, 38, and his mother, Lydia, 62, both of Redding. The two could be sentenced to up to three years each in prison, but Boeckman said in court Monday that the Shasta County Probation Department has recommended terms in the local jail.That report recommends 90 days in jail for Lydia Hall, 150 days for Jim Hall and three years probation for each of them. The Halls would be prohibited from using or possessing marijuana while on probation, said their attorney, Eric Berg of Redding.Shasta County Deputy District Attorney Tim Kam did not receive copies of Berg's motions until just before Monday's 9 a.m. sentencing hearing and said he needed time to study them. Boeckman said he also needed to review the 1-inch thick pile of papers.Boeckman earlier had ordered that motions in the case were to have been filed by March 27, but Berg said his motions were delayed because he received trial transcripts too late.Kam told Boeckman on Monday that he would need three or four weeks to study Berg's motions and prepare arguments against them.Berg, who is defending another medicinal marijuana case in Placer County starting May 1, asked that the judge set a new sentencing date prior to that.Boeckman set the new sentencing date for May 5, telling Berg to ask the Placer County judge to recess that case so that Berg can be in court in Shasta County.The Halls both say they used marijuana legally under the state's 1996 Compassionate Use Act. Both had doctors' recommendations for marijuana use and under the act patients legally can grow pot.Shasta County Sheriffs deputies, however, said the Halls had more than 200 seedlings, which indicated they intended to grow more marijuana than they would need for personal use.The law does not specify how many plants a patient can have.After a monthlong trial the Halls were acquitted of growing marijuana and Jim Hall also was acquitted of possession of marijuana for sale.But the jury convicted the mother and son of conspiracy to cultivate marijuana.Reporter Maline Hazle can be reached at 225-8266 or at mhazle redding.comPublished: April 11, 2000© 2000 Record Searchlight - The E.W. Scripps Co. Related Articles:Pair Guilty of Conspiracyhttp://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4836.shtmlNo Medicinal Pot Verdict Yet http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4781.shtmlJury Weighs Evidence in Pot Trialhttp://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4759.shtmlGrandma Says She Used Pot To Ease Painhttp://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4637.shtml Pot Amount Issue in Trialhttp://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4489.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by fivepounder on April 12, 2000 at 07:13:32 PT Conspiracy to evoke prop 215 Convcted of what ? Cultivating their medicine? They are total fasists in Redding. I agree with #1. Get your marinol script and toke on. And get your butt out of Redding. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Kanabys on April 12, 2000 at 06:59:45 PT What idiots?!!! >But the jury convicted the mother and son of conspiracy to cultivate marijuana.Yeah, legally!!! This frightens me to no end! Who the hell are they putting on the juries?? Before we can get anything legalized, we are going to have to educate the public in general. What are they on dope?? (pun intended)! [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Freedom on April 11, 2000 at 12:24:50 PT A tip. Get a Marinol prescription, and smoke away. The government's experimental test for detecting THCV was ruled scientifically inaccurate in court, and they cannot tell the difference between Marinol and marijuana use.I feel like writing a small book... a 1001 Things to Do With a Dead Narc... [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: