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Newsbrief:
More
Complications
in
Epis
Case
7/5/02
A technicality may have big
consequences in the trial of Bryan James Epis. Epis, the founder
and supplier of Chico Medical Marijuana Caregivers, has been charged with
growing marijuana, but claims he was compliant with California's Compassionate
Use Act. During a lunch break in the trial on Friday, according to
various local newspapers, US District Judge Frank C. Damrell, after consultations
with Epis's attorney, decided that the charges and indictment may not be
valid because no plea was ever entered by Epis.
Damrell did not say when
he would make a formal ruling.
Meanwhile, Judge Damrell
has found himself in the middle of another controversy surrounding the
Epis case. At one point during the proceedings, police ordered medical
marijuana activists protesting outside the courtroom to leave, claiming
that Damrell gave the order to disperse the demonstrators. Damrell
denied giving any such order, raising the question if police, without any
authorization, violated protesters' constitutional rights to gather at
the courthouse.
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Issue #244, 7/5/02
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