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Pot doc scheduled to be finally sentenced

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this AP piece, a high-profile case involving a dispenser of medical marijuana is suppose to finally get to sentencing today: A medical marijuana dispensary owner is scheduled for sentencing in one of the nation's first cases since the Obama administration modified its pot policy. Charles Lynch will appear Thursday in the Los Angeles federal courtroom of U.S. District Judge George Wu, who said at a hearing in April that he would consider reducing Lynch's mandatory minimum five-year sentence. Lynch was convicted of five offenses last year for running a medical marijuana collective in San Luis Obispo County.As detailed in some of the posts below, this case has already generate a number of notable sentencing issues. Medical marijuana fans now feeling they can exhale and inhale Maui wowie: pot sentencing impacted by new federal policy Sentencing in medical marijuana case impacted by statutory minimums continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 11, 2009 (boomark / email).