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Washington State Patrol ordered to return 9 ounces of MMJ

By Aaron

From the CDC: Last Tuesday, a King County judge ordered the Washington State Patrol to return 9 ounces of medical marijuana to authorized patient Scott Verner. During a routine traffic stop, a state trooper smelled and seized Mr. Verner’s cannabis, even though he showed his medical marijuana paperwork to the officer as required by law. The trooper told Mr. Verner that he was allowed to use medical marijuana, but not to transport it via automobile. Congratulations to Aaron Pelley, the attorney on the Verner case. Aaron made the news last September after winning the return of over eleven pounds of medical marijuana from the Kent Police. Undereducated and misinformed law enforcement routinely offer erroneous legal analyses when arresting medical marijuana patients...continue to full post

Full post as published by Washington State Criminal Defense on December 22, 2009 (boomark / email).